Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu.
The security personnel had attempted to halt the vehicle as it approached the checkpoint at speed, a police spokesman said.
The al-Shabaab Islamist terrorist group claimed responsibility.
Another attack in the same area a short time later had been thwarted, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, security forces had found a…
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