MOGADISHU. September 10. KAZINFORM Suicide bombers have attacked Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say; Kazinform refers to BBC.

The attackers used two cars - the first exploded at the airport entrance, but a number of insurgents jumped out of the second car and opened fire, killing two African Union (AU) peacekeepers.

The AU said two militants blew themselves up as they tried to reach the airport terminal.

The hard-line Islamist group al-Shabab group said it carried out the attack.

Officials and witnesses said all of the the militants involved in the attack had died, and two women who were begging outside the airport's entrance were among those killed.

The number of civilians who died is still unclear. The government confirmed three deaths, but some officials and witnesses gave a much higher death toll, and some reports claimed that Somali police officers had also been killed.

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