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Two blasts kill 40 people in Somalia
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- 29 February, 2016
- 05:24
Baku. 29 February. REPORT.AZ/ Two bombings in south-central Somalia have killed at least 40 people and injured 70 others.
The bombings happened in the town of Baidoa, a key location in the African Union's fight against Al-Shabaab.
A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a restaurant in Baidoa, and a car bomb exploded near a crowded pharmacy, Report informs a source with knowledge of the attacks told CNN.
The blasts in the remote town follow a pair of attacks Friday in a popular park in downtown Mogadishu and a restaurant there.
Al-Shabaab is the Islamist extremist group that has been terrorizing Somalia and neighboring nations for years.
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