Somali Female Lawmaker Among Scores Killed by Suicide Bomber

Somali Female Lawmaker Among Scores Killed by Suicide Bomber
A police vehicle is seen at the entrance of Medina hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 15, 2021. AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—A prominent Somali female lawmaker is among at least 48 people killed in a suicide bombing that hit a polling station in rural central Somalia, police and a local official said Thursday.

The attack took place late Wednesday in the town of Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia’s Hiran region.