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Somali policemen stand next to a damaged car at the scene of an explosion in Baladweyne in central Somalia on Tuesday. Islamist militants blasted their way into a police station in Baladweyne, north of Somalia’s capital on Tuesday and opened fire on officers and civilians inside, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials and witnesses said. Photo: Reuters

Somali policemen stand next to a damaged car at the scene of an explosion in Baladweyne in central Somalia on Tuesday. Islamist militants blasted their way into a police station in Baladweyne, north of Somalia’s capital on Tuesday and opened fire on officers and civilians inside, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials and witnesses said. Photo: Reuters