Somali prime minister survives stadium blast

A BLAST yesterday killed at least seven people and injured an unknown number at a government rally in Mogadishu’s soccer stadium, exploding 10 yards from the new Somali prime minister who had just begun a speech.

Somali prime minister survives stadium blast

Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, who was not harmed, described the explosion as an accident, and another government official said the cause was under investigation.

“What happened was an accident, which will not deter us and the international community from continuing our common endeavour to relocating the government back to Somalia,” said Mr Gedi, who had called the rally to discuss plans to bring his government back to Mogadishu from exile in neighbouring Kenya.

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