SOMALIA: Suicide bombers strike Bossaso, Hargeisa, killing dozens

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Up to 40 people are reported to have been killed and many others injured as near-simultaneous explosions hit Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, and the town of Bossaso, commercial capital of the neighbouring region of Puntland. Witnesses told IRIN the explosions were caused by suicide bombers in cars. In Hargeisa, a local journalist said the attackers "were definitely suicide bombers, who seem to have coordinated their...