Blast near site of conference kills 2
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A land mine killed two civilians in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, near the venue for a planned peace conference that already has been delayed twice over security fears, police said.
“The explosion happened as some government officials were passing, but they survived. However, two civilians were killed on the spot,” said Abdullahi Hassan Bariise, the Somalian police’s head of operations.
The mine was detonated by remote control.
Mogadishu’s deputy mayor in charge of security, Abdifatah Ibrahim Omar, said five suspects had been arrested.
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