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At least 20 killed in Mogadishu fighting ... been killed in an apparent suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials have said.
The blast occurred in front of a police station near the city's Melody Market.
It came on the first anniversary of the bloody ending of a siege at the city's Red Mosque, in which more than 100 people were killed during fighting.
The mosque was stormed by Pakistani troops to evict militants who had taken sanctuary within its complex.
Police had been deployed at an Islamist rally being held near the radical mosque on Sunday to mark the anniversary.
"The blast happened 15 minutes after the meeting dispersed. A heavy contingent of police was at a main crossing several hundred metres from the mosque and they were targeted in the attack," a senior security official told the AFP news agency.
Blood and body parts covered the streets of this residential neighbourhood as terrified people came running out of their houses, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad.
The rally itself was peaceful, but security had been tight because of fears of an attack, our correspondent adds.
The bloody ending of the mosque's siege triggered a wave of revenge bombings by Islamist militants.
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