Updated 08:19 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Somali government soldiers in trucks drive past the body of a dead suspected al-Shabab member, near the Suqa Holaha area north of Mogadishu, in Somalia, Saturday, March 3, 2012. A Somali government military commander at the scene said the man had been captured and then shot after refusing to answer questions. Mogadishu has long been a battleground during Somalia's 21-year-old civil war. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group withdrew from most of its bases in August and recent pushes by African Union and Somali troops have helped bring partial security to more of the city. Photo: Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police say a man driving a car laden with explosives blew himself up in Somalia's capital.
Policemen Nur Hassan at the scene said Saturday it appeared the man detonated his explosives prematurely. He died on the scene. No one else was wounded or killed.
Mogadishu has long been a battleground during Somalia's 21-year-old civil war.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group withdrew from most of its bases in August and recent pushes by African Union and Somali troops have helped bring partial security to more of the city.
But insurgents in disguise can still move freely and assassinations, suicide attacks and bombings are still very frequent.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.
Policemen Nur Hassan at the scene said Saturday it appeared the man detonated his explosives prematurely. He died on the scene. No one else was wounded or killed.
Mogadishu has long been a battleground during Somalia's 21-year-old civil war.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group withdrew from most of its bases in August and recent pushes by African Union and Somali troops have helped bring partial security to more of the city.
But insurgents in disguise can still move freely and assassinations, suicide attacks and bombings are still very frequent.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.
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Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.
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