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Truck bomb kills at least 10 in Somalia

Truck bomb kills at least 10 in Somalia

A truck bomb exploded at a checkpoint in the central Somali town of Beledweyne, killing at least 10 people and obliterating nearby buildings, a police officer said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible but the Islamist group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in the Horn of Africa country. "So far I have seen 10 dead people including soldiers and civilians and over a dozen others injured, but the death toll is sure to rise," police officer Ahmed Aden told Reuters. Beledweyne is in central Somalia's Hiran region which has recently witnessed battles between the military and al…
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Five killed in attack in Kenya’s Lamu county

Five killed in attack in Kenya’s Lamu county

FIVE people were killed when armed assailants attacked two villages in Lamu county in southeast Kenya, police said. The attackers also burnt houses and destroyed property. Police described the incident as a "terrorist attack, " a phrase they typically use to refer to Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group incursions. Lamu is near Kenya's border with Somalia and fighters from al Shabaab frequently carry out attacks in the area as part of efforts to press Kenya to withdraw troops from Somalia, where they are part of an international peacekeeping force defending the central government. Police said a group of assailants attacked…
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Suicide bomb kills 8 killed in Mogadishu

Suicide bomb kills 8 killed in Mogadishu

A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia's capital yesterday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness told Reuters. Abdiasis Abu Musab, military operations spokesperson for the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-​Shabaab, told Reuters it was responsible for Saturday's attack. The group, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, frequently carries out such bombings. The convoy was carrying senior police official Farhan Qarole, who survived the attack, the Somali government news agency reported. "I have seen eight dead bodies at the scene including a woman," Hassan…
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