5 women killed in blast near market
From Times Wire Reports
An explosion near a busy Mogadishu market killed five women, and residents said an explosive device was apparently detonated by burning garbage.
“Five died. I could not count the wounded. They were all women who were cleaning the streets,” said Hawa Ibrahim, a cleaner who witnessed the blast.
Somalia’s capital has been hit by near-daily militant attacks targeting government troops and their Ethiopian allies.
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