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BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia denies Somalia bombing

BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia denies Somalia bombing: "Ethiopia has denied involvement in an mortar attack that killed at least 17 people in the main market in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday.

More gunfire and explosions were heard near Bakara market on Friday morning, but there are no details of casualties.

Ethiopian troops backing the interim Somali government were earlier reported to be behind Thursday's shelling, in which more than 40 people were injured."

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