A suspected car bomb exploded near the parliament in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses and a security official said.
"It looks like a car bomb, but we don't have details yet," the official, Mohamed Abdikadir, told AFP.
A plume of thick black smoke was seen over the city and witnesses said a number of vehicles were on fire.
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