Suicide bombers target Somali constitution conference

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali security forces shot dead a would-be suicide bomber who tried to attack the venue of a national conference on a draft constitution, while a second attacker blew himself up, injuring six officers, police said on Wednesday.

"The two bombers wore government uniform. Six policemen were injured," Colonel Mohamed Ali, a police officer told Reuters.

"One jumped over a wall opposite the conference building but he was shot dead outside the gate. Then another bomber jumped from another wall and his bomb exploded where government soldiers stood."

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Duncan Miriri, editing by Diana Abdallah)

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Suicide bombers target constitutional assembly meeting in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, August 1 (Xinhua) -- Two Suicide bomber targets Somalia's National Constituent Assembly meeting in Mogadishu on Wednesday, wounding several people at the convention expected to vote on a draft constitution for the country, police said.

"One of two men forced his way into a checkpoint at the entrance of the venue and was shot and he exploded while the other blew himself up at the vicinity of the venue. A number of people were wounded," police officer Abdi Nur told Xinhua.

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