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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A masked man lobbed a hand grenade at troops patrolling Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that killed one civilian, witnesses said.
Later in the day, a grenade hurled at police in the city's central market wounded nine. On Tuesday, a pregnant woman and two other civilians were killed in grenade attacks near the market, a witness said.
The violence came as the country's National Reconciliation Conference, meant to heal the wounds of 16 years of conflict, has also been targeted by insurgents since it opened July 18. The Red Cross says at least 10,000 people have fled the capital since it began.
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