Somalia car bomb: At least 79 dead

A car bomb outside a tax collection centre in Somalia has killed at least 79 people, according to officials.

The blast struck a checkpoint during the morning rush hour at the start of the working week in the capital Mogadishu.

Survivors described the intensity of the explosion as being similar to when a truck bomb detonated in the city two years earlier, leaving more than 500 dead.

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