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       Medical workers help a man who was wounded in a bomb attack, at a hospital in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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       Medical workers help a man who was wounded in a bomb attack, at a hospital in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

       MOGADISHU, Somalia – An ambulance service says eight people are dead after a pair of explosions in Somalia's capital.

       Dr. Abdiqadir Aden with the Aamin ambulance says another 16 people were wounded, some seriously, in Saturday's blasts.

       He says a car bomb detonated near the Somali parliament headquarters in Mogadishu and caused the most damage.

       There is no immediate claim of responsibility but the al-Shabab extremist group often targets the capital with high-profile bombings.