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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Five children who stopped to play with a land mine on the way to Friday prayers died when one of them threw the device against a wall, causing a blast that sent their bodies flying through the air.
The deaths of the children — between the ages of 7 and 12 — were shocking even in this bloodstained capital, which has seen little peace since a radical Islamic movement was ousted in December. Roadside bombs, assassination attempts and gunbattles have become common, and civilians are caught in the crossfire.
The children spotted the land mine buried under some dirt, said Khasaye Nor Abdulkadir, who was hit in the thigh with shrapnel.
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