Somalia: Updated - Nearly Ten People Killed in Car Bombing in Mogadishu

Seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded near a bus stop in a district of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said. It was not yet clear who had carried out the bombing. The Islamist group al Shabaab has frequently carried out bombings in Mogadishu and other towns, seeking to destabilize the western-allied central government.

"I have counted seven dead bodies of civilians," Major Nur Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters by phone.

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