The New York Times-20080129-Somalia- Aid Workers Killed In Blast- -Brief-

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Somalia: Aid Workers Killed In Blast; [Brief]

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A roadside bomb killed two Somalis and two foreign aid workers working for the Dutch arm of the aid group Doctors Without Borders near the southern Somali port of Kismayu, witnesses said. A Somali driver, a Kenyan doctor and a French logistics officer were killed instantly by the blast, while a Somali journalist nearby died from shrapnel wounds, a nurse with the organization in Kismayu said. Ibrahim Khalif Shanfool, the city's police chief, said two men were arrested after the blast.