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Blast kills aid workers in Somalia

A roadside bomb blast near the Somali port of Kismayu killed two foreign aid workers and two Somalis on Monday, witnesses said.

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  • Published: 15:25 January 28, 2008
  • Gulf News

Kismayu: A roadside bomb blast near the Somali port of Kismayu killed two foreign aid workers and two Somalis on Monday, witnesses said.

The aid workers are from the Dutch arm of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

The two others killed by the blast were a Somali driver and a journalist.

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