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Attackers fire grenades at Mogadishu police station
11 Feb 2007 18:51:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Somalia troubles

MOGADISHU, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Unknown assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a police station in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, triggering a gun battle with security forces, residents said.

"I heard three big grenade blasts at Madina Police Station, then gunfire erupted," said one local man who gave his name as Abdikarim.


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