{A laptop bomb has wounded six people at a Somali airport checkpoint in Beledweyne, around 325km (200 miles) north of Mogadishu, officials say.}<\/p>\n
In February, a suicide bomber used a device in a computer to blow a hole in the side of a passenger plane at take-off in the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab said it carried out that attack but no group has claimed the latest one.
\nPolice said two other devices were defused, including one in a printer.<\/p>\n
Two police officers were among the wounded, said Lieutenant Colonel Ali Dhuh Abdi.
\nAfrican Union troops from Djibouti and Somali government security forces were stationed at the security checkpoint.<\/p>\n
The explosion happened at the screening area where cargo and baggage is checked before being put onto planes.<\/p>\n
The pilot of the plane targeted in February managed to land it safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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