02 September,2018 06:56 PM IST | Mogadishu | IANS
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Three soldiers were killed and 14 persons injured after a suicide bomber attacked a government office on Sunday, police said.
The blast also damaged nearby houses, blew off the roof of a mosque and caused a nearby school to collapse, BBC reported.
Police officer Abdullahi Hussein said a suicide bomber had rammed a car into the district office in Howlwadag district.
The militant group al-Shabab, which has waged an insurgency for more than 10 years, has claimed to be behind the attack.
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In a similar incident on July 14, seven people were killed and several others injured in two explosions near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
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