Five more people have died of their injuries after a suicide attack on the Somali security minister, bringing the total number of dead to 35.
Omar Hashi Aden was buried hours after the blast at a hotel in Beledweyne, north of the capital, Mogadishu.
The funerals for some of the other victims, who included Somali diplomats, are being held on Friday.
Mr Aden was an outspoken critic of al-Shabab, the militant Islamist group which said it carried out the attack.
The group is accused of having links to al-Qaeda.
The security minister had recently moved to Beledweyne, some 400km (249 miles) north of Mogadishu, in an effort to stop Islamist insurgents gaining more ground in Somalia, says BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross.,,more,,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8109188.stm
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