Official says 3 suicide car bombs explode outside Somali government base

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Somalia (AP) - Three suicide car bombs exploded outside Somalia's government base of Baidoa, killing at least six people, including the attackers, a senior official said Thursday.

A witnesses said many people were wounded.

"The three drivers were killed on the spot, and three others who were with them," Deputy Defence Minister Salad Ali Jellethe told The Associated Press by telephone.

"We have captured three who were with them who have tried to flee. The dead include non-Somalis, they are al-Qaida supporters."

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