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Second blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu - police source

Published: 07 Jul 2018 - 11:21 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 12:56 pm

By Elias Biryabarema | Reuters

KAMPALA: A second blast occurred in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, opposite a police building, minutes after a suicide car bombing occurred near the presidential palace, a police official told Reuters.

"A second blast occurred outside Sayidka Hotel which is opposite the police building where the first blast took place," Major Nur Ali, a police officer told Reuters. A Reuters witness heard the second blast and saw the huge clouds of smoke rising above the scene.