Friday, February 28, 2014

Car bomb kills 12 in Mogadishu, Somalia

Al-Shabaab rebels claimed responsibility for the attack, which spokesman Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Musab said killed 15 security force members.

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The group, which the United States has designated as a terrorist organization, hopes to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state by force.


MORE:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/africa/somalia-car-bomb/index.html

See also...

Al-Shabaab militants attack Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/21/world/africa/somalia-attack/index.html

Car bomb hits U.N. cars, kills 2 near Mogadishu's airport
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/world/africa/somalia-car-bomb/index.html