Mogadishu Police Chief Killed in Blast
MOGADISHU / WASHINGTON - A top Somali police official and several of his guards were killed Friday in a roadside bomb blast near the southern town of Balad, according to Somali authorities.
The attack involved a landmine that targeted Mogadishu Police Commissioner Farhan Mohamoud Adan, better known as "Qarole," near the Balad district, 35 kilometers north of Mogadishu.
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