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Wave of suicide bombs strikes northern Somalia

At least 28 people were killed as a wave of suicide bombings struck northern Somalia on Wednesday.

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  • Published: 14:23 October 29, 2008
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Hargeisa: At least 28 people were killed as a wave of suicide bombings struck northern Somalia on Wednesday.

The five synchronised blasts killed some 25 people in Hargeisa and another three in Bosasso.

Three suspected suicide bombers attacked a government office, a UN compound and the Ethiopian Embassy in northern Somalia on Wednesday.

The attacks in Hargeisa, came as two suicide bombers detonated vehicles inside a heavily guarded security services compound in Bosasso, in neighbouring Puntland, wounding at least eight soldiers.

The wave of bombings appeared to timed to coincide with a meeting of Somalia's interim government leaders in Kenya.

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