Somali police shoot 2 suicide bombers at gate of constitution meeting, detonating explosives

Mogadishu : Somalia | Aug 01, 2012 at 2:44 AM PDT

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Somalia A police officer in Somalia's capital says security forces shot two suicide bombers right outside a building where 825 Somali elders are meeting to debate the country's new constitution, setting off their explosives. Abdi Yassin said that security forces stopped the two bombers at the gates... FULL ARTICLE AT Fox News

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