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A huge explosion hits cafe in Kismayo, many feared dead
2017-08-02
[SHABELLENEWS] At least five people were reported to have been killed, several others maimed in a huge kaboom at a busy tea shop in the southern port town of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
on Tuesday afternoon.

Conflicting reports are emerging from the type of the blast, which has destroyed the cafe, popular with local elders, youngsters and Jubbaland security force members.

Witnesses at the scene say the kaboom has resulted from explosives-laden car parked at the tea-shop, while other sources reported that a bomber has carried out the attack.

The death is likely to rise, as many of the of the maimed are at death's doors.

No group has yet grabbed credit for the cafe bombing, but Police said they believe Al shabaab was responsible for the carnage.

Posted by:Fred

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