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Rashaan Ayesh

Rush hour explosion kills 76 in Somalia

Photo: Abdirahman Mohamed/picture alliance via Getty Images

A large explosion in Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu, has killed 76 people and injured at least 90 civilians on Saturday morning, The Washington Post reports.

The state of play: The attack appears to have targeted morning rush hour traffic near a tax collection center, the Post notes. Mogadishu Mayor Omar Mohamud said mostly students have been hurt in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist militia al-Shabab regularly attacks the government institutions in Somalia, the Post writes.

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