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At least 10 killed by car bomb at Mogadishu restaurant - police


    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and about a dozen wounded when a car rammed into a busy restaurant and exploded in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said.

    "At least 10 people died, including government soldiers and residents, and a dozen more were injured," said Colonel Osman Ibrahim, a senior police officer at the scene of what police say was a suicide attack.

    "The death toll is sure to rise," he added.

    (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)