President's brother and three others killed in Somalia blast

Two explosions rocked the seat of Somalia’s virtually powerless government today, killing the president’s brother and three others, officials said.

The attack in Baidoa, the only town controlled by the government, was meant to kill the president, who escaped unharmed, government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari said. Mohammed Abdiqadir, the head of the presidential guard, said the president’s brother was among the dead.