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A prominent Somali journalist, Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, critic of the Islamist group al-Shabab was killed in a suicide bombing in the capital, Mogadishu.
Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, also known as Abdiaziz Afrika, was targeted as he left a restaurant in town shortly after noon, the BBC reports.
Two other people nearby were injured in the blast and taken to hospital.
Al-Shabab said he was behind the attack and targeted the journalist, who worked for Radio Mogadishu.
Guled was well known for his interviews with suspects held by al-Shabab and his broadcasts often attracted large audiences.
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Al-Shabab, which means youth in Arabic, is an extreme Islamist group that has been fighting UN-backed government troops for more than a decade.
