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Somali education ministry under attack in Mogadishu

69At least seven people have been killed in an attack on the higher education ministry in a busy area of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
The BBC’s Ibrahim Aden says a car loaded with explosives was driven into the wall surrounding the compound and there is an ongoing gun battle.
A police official told the AFP news agency that the gunfire was coming from inside the building.
Al-Shabab militants often launch attacks in the city.
Last month, the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents were behind a two-day siege at a hotel in Mogadishu.