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Scores killed in Somalia bomb attacks

Separate bomb attacks targeting the army in Somalia have killed nearly 50 people, residents said.

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  • Published: 08:18 August 16, 2008
  • Gulf News

Mogadishu: Separate bomb attacks targeting the army in Somalia have killed nearly 50 people, residents said.

In one clash on Friday, Ethiopian troops opened fire on civilians on a road out of Mogadishu when a vehicle in their convoy was bombed.

At least 38 people were killed and 16 others injured in the incident.

In a separate attack, about five people were killed when a roadside bomb exploded as government troops checked out a street ahead of a presidential motorcade.

President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussain and the parliamentary speaker were heading to Ethiopia for talks. They later managed to leave the country, officials said.

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