MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Somali presidential palace on Tuesday, killing at least one soldier and wounding two others in a strike apparently aimed at the country's leaders, a palace guard at the scene said.
Officials working in the palace and palace guards said Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was abroad at the time of the blast and the country's prime minister, near whose house the explosion took place was safe.
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