Somalia: Blast heard near mayor's office in capital Mogadishu
Somalia: Blast heard near mayor's office in capital Mogadishu
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An explosion could be heard near the mayor's office in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, on Sunday.
Mogadishu has witnessed a number of terror attacks over the past year [source: Getty]
A blast was heard near the mayor's office in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to a witness who added the explosion was then followed by gunfire.
"As we were in office we were deafened by a blast, we ran away, gunfire followed," Farah Abdullahi, a worker in the mayor's office told Reuters.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast.