Somali lawmaker killed in car bomb explosion

Published April 21, 2014 1:43pm ET



MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police official says a legislator in the country’s parliament has been killed in a car bomb explosion in the Somali capital on Monday.

Capt. Mohamed Yusuf said Monday that Isaq Mohamed Rino was killed after a bomb planted under his car exploded in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne neighborhood. The blast also wounded another lawmaker, Mohamed Ali, who was traveling with Rino in the car.

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