A gunfight at the entrance to the international airport complex outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least eight people dead.
Aden Adde International Airport hosts peacekeepers, the offices of UN organisations and diplomatic missions.
A police spokesman told the BBC that five of the dead were foreigners, including an African Union force soldier.
The nationalities of those killed have not yet been established.
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