Muqdisho – (warsoor) – The deputy mayor of Somalia’s capital says two people were killed and five wounded in an explosion at a gas station.
Mohamed Tulah says the casualties in the Mogadishu blast are “far less than what everybody was expecting.”
Tuesday’s blast occurred near the ministry of petroleum.
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Mogadishu is often targeted in bombings by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab extremist group.
Source: news24