At least 10 reported killed in suicide bomb blast in Somalia's Mogadishu
Several people have been reported killed in a suicide bomb attack at an army recruitment centre in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
The attacker on Sunday targeted a queue of young recruits lining up outside Damanyo base, killing at least 10 people, Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying.
Teenagers were lining up at the base's gate when the suicide bomber detonated their explosives, they said.
Medical staff at the military hospital told Reuters that they had received 30 wounded people from the blast and that six of them had died immediately.
Separately, an official told Anadolu the attack had killed at least 11 people.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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