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Explosion at Mogadishu's Somali national theatre
Source: BBC News
The heads of Somalia's Olympic committee and football association are among seven people killed in a suicide blast in Mogadishu.
The Somali Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, was also present when the attacker struck, but he has told the BBC he was unhurt.
Al-Shabab militants say they carried out the bombing.
Eyewitnesses say the attacker was a woman.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17609047