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Five soccer players die after blast hits bus

Five soccer players die after blast hits bus

AN explosive planted on a bus carrying soccer players in Somalia's port city of Kismayo killed at least five players, a police officer said on Friday. "We have confirmed five deaths and more than 12 injuries and we still have some players missing," Captain Ahmed Farah told Reuters by telephone from Kismayo. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on Friday evening. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's office on its Twitter account the president had sent condolences and put the blame on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents for the explosion. Al Shabaab, which wants to unseat the central…
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Four blasts hit Kabul, district police chief among the dead

Four blasts hit Kabul, district police chief among the dead

FOUR blasts rocked Afghanistan's capital yesterday, killing two people, including a police chief who had been attempting to crack down on the city's growing insecurity, marked by almost daily assassinations. "In the wake of three terrorist attacks in Kabul this morning, Mohammadzai Kochai, police chief of district five of Kabul was martyred along with his bodyguard," interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said. Another three people were wounded, he added. A separate blast later hit a car near the upmarket international Serena Hotel, although a police spokesman said there were no casualties. District five, where Kochai was based, is a transport…
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