18 Killed in Mogadishu Blasts

Two car bombs exploded Friday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, killing at least 18 people, the head of an ambulance service said. Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan told VOA's Somali service that another 20 people had been wounded. He said most of the victims were civilians. Adan's casualty totals came from the site of the first blast, near Somalia's intelligence headquarters in the city's Abdulaziz neighborhood. Minutes later, another car bomb hit a checkpoint about 300...

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