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Explosions rocked Mozambique's capital

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-03-23 09:23

A woman with shrapnel wounds waits for transport to the hospital after a series of explosions rocked Mozambique's capital Maputo, March 22, 2007. Hot temperatures in the capital of Mozambique set off a series of explosions at a military armoury on Thursday that killed nine people, national media said. Explosions at the facility, a main storage area for old armaments, sent mortars and rockets flying into residential areas of Maputo and forced the closure of the city's airport. [Reuters]