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In Mogadishu, a vehicle exploded when security forces shot at it as it attacked a police post
A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the southern Somali town of Baidoa has killed six people, officials have told the BBC.
There has also been a suicide bomb attack close to the port of the capital, Mogadishu, which injured at least seven.
Militant group al-Shabab said it was behind both incidents.
The UN-backed government has been battling against al-Shabab for control of the country for more than a decade.
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The militants, who are allied to al-Qaeda, said that in Baidoa they were targeting tax collectors, who were holding a meeting at the restaurant, and soldiers.
They added that two soldiers died in the attack but officials said the victims were all civilians.
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Al-Shabab said it was behind both the attack in Mogadishu (pictured) and in Baidoa
Police told the BBC that in Mogadishu officers opened fire on a vehicle after it failed to stop at a checkpoint.
The suicide bomber driving the car is said to have tried to hit a police post in front of the port but the security forces shot him and the vehicle exploded.
Two police officers and five passers-by were wounded.
“Metal debris fell all over us inside the port and we heard gunfire,” a port worker told Reuters.