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Somalia sports officials killed in theatre bombing Apr 4th 2012, 13:51 Quote: Somalia's Olympic committee and football heads are among seven people killed by a bomb in Mogadishu. Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was also present when the blast struck the newly re-opened national theatre but he told the BBC he was unhurt. Militants from the al-Shabab group say they had carried out the bombing. The African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia condemned the attack as "despicable" and said it would not deter peace efforts. The theatre closed in the early 1990s as Somalia descended into civil war and was only reopened last month, amid a new period of relative optimism. The President of the Somali Olympic Committee, Aden Yabarow Wiish, and the Somali Football Federation chief, Said Mohamed Nur, were among a group of dignitaries who had gathered to mark the first anniversary of the launch of Somalia's national television station. Three Somali television journalists were also wounded in the blast, sources have told the BBC Somali Service. Earlier reports put the number of dead at 10. cont... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17609047 According to the telegraph, the bomber was a girl who appeared to be under 16.

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