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Big blast heard in area near Mogadishu airport -residents

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14-04-2013 | 06:03

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Big blast heard in area near Mogadishu airport -residents

A big blast was heard in an area near the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, hours after a series of explosions at law courts in the capital and gunmen stormed the building, residents said.

"We heard a blast ... and then soldiers opened fire. I see only thick smoke rising into the sky. I do not know what caused the blast. The whole area has been immediately besieged by security forces," one resident, Halima Osman, told Reuters.

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