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A car bomb rammed into the headquarters of Somali traffic police in Mogadishu

Storyline:National News

A suicide bomber on Monday rammed a car laden with explosives into the headquarters of Somali traffic police in Mogadishu’s Shangani district.

Sources say several gunmen stormed area and poradic gun fire is heard inside the building where there were many traffic police officers.

Al Shabaab has frequently attacked government offices, hotels and restaurants in the capital since being pushed out by African Union peacekeeping forces in 2011.

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