Somalia sports officials killed in Mogadishu theatre bombing

Somalia's Olympic committee and football heads are among seven people killed by a bomb in Mogadishu.

Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was also present when the blast struck the newly re-opened national theatre but he told the BBC he was unhurt.

Militants from the al-Shabab group say they had carried out the bombing.

The BBC's Yusuf Garaad Omar reports.

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