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Roadside bomb kills two people in Somali capital

Reuters.com: "MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded in Somalia's capital on Saturday, killing a young girl and a man, and narrowly missing an Ethiopian patrol.
Witnesses said Somali troops opened fire after the bomb blast before sealing off the area in southern Mogadishu.
'A man who was constructing a building there and a 9-year-old girl who was selling tea were killed and five pedestrians were wounded,' witness Mohamed Mohamud told Reuters."

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