Blast heard near parliament building in Somali capital

Reuters

5 July 2014 at 4:49 am

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near the Somali parliament building on Saturday, a few hundred metres from the presidential compound. Government forces blocked all roads leading into the area and the sound of wailing ambulances could be heard. "We were shaken by a huge blast near the parliament house. We were immediately surrounded by forces and we cannot go out of houses," Farah Sabdow, a resident in the area, told Reuters. (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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