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Somaliland: Presidential palace among 3 suicide bombing targets Thu. October 30, 2008 02:24 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) Police said the presidential palace was one of three targets in simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on Wednesday in Hargeysa, the capital of the northern Somali breakaway state of Somaliland. "The office of the president was among the three positions targeted by terrorists," a senior police officer said by telephone from Hargeysa on condition of anonymity. "A senior officer in the office of the president was killed in the attack which was carried out by a suicide bomber," he said. However, it was not immediately clear if Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin was in his office at the time of the attack but officials said he was safe. The United Nations Development Programme's compound and the Ethiopian embassy, all in the same neighbourhood, were also targeted. Two suicide car attacks targeted two anti-terrorism centres in Bossaso, the economic capital of the neighbouring breakaway state of Puntland, at almost the same time.-AFP News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...