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17 dead, 28 wounded in Somalia bomb blast: Hospital official

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AFP Mogadishu
Last Updated : Jul 22 2019 | 6:41 PM IST

The death toll from a car bombing in Mogadishu on Monday climbed to 17, hospital officials said, with more than two dozen wounded in the explosion claimed by Al-Shabaab militants.

"The bodies of 17 people killed in the blast were taken to the hospital mortuary while 28 others were admitted for various wounds," said Mohamed Yusuf, the director of Medina Hospital, the main trauma facility in the Somali capital.

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First Published: Jul 22 2019 | 6:41 PM IST

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