{"id":40618,"date":"2023-06-09T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T19:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=40618"},"modified":"2023-06-09T16:50:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T20:50:57","slug":"bomb-kills-22-children-playing-southern-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/bomb-kills-22-children-playing-southern-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb kills at least 27, most of them children, in southern Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least 27 people, nearly all of them children, were killed when an explosive device they found while playing suddenly went off in southern Somalia, local officials say. 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