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Al Shabaab Terrorists Capture UN Helicopter Carrying "Several Foreigners"
Al Shabaab operatives captured a United Nations helicopter carrying two Somali men and several foreigners when it made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the Islamist group, a military official said on Wednesday.
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8 Civilians Dead In Siege At Somalian Hotel By Al-Shabaab Terrorists
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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Islamist Motive 'Likely' In Deadly German Knife Attack: Investigators
German investigators said Tuesday they suspected an Islamic extremist motive behind a knife attack last week by a Somali man that left three women dead in the southern city of Wuerzburg.
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9 People Killed In Suicide Attack On Mogadishu Hotel In Somali
At least nine people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday when a suicide bomber rammed a car into a hotel, police and witnesses said, in an attack claimed by militant Islamist group al Shabaab.
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Al Shabaab Claims Fatal Car Bomb Attack Near Somali Parliament In Mogadishu
Two Somali soldiers died and five others were injured when a car bomb claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab exploded on Saturday near the parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police said.
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Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town Near Kenyan Border, Kill 7 Troops
Somalia's Islamist terrorist group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven Somali soldiers, the group and Somali officials said.
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Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town West Of Mogadishu: Security Forces
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab today shelled residential areas in the town of Baidoa, west of the capital Mogadishu, hitting a hospital and likely causing casualties, the African Union (AU) peace keeping force AMISOM said in a Twitter post.
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Suicide Bomber Strikes While Hugging Official In Somalia's Puntland
An Islamist militant suicide bomber put his arms around a local official as if in a hug and blew both of them up in the autonomous Somali region of Puntland today, officials said.
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US Strikes Al Shabaab Training Camp In Somalia, More Than 150 Killed
The US military carried out a drone strike over the weekend targeting a training camp run by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab about 120 miles north of capital Mogadishu over the weekend, killing more than 150 fighters, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Bomb Kills Kenya Police As Troops Pull Out Of Somali Bases
At least five police officers died in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Kenya, police and reports said today, as troops inside Somalia pulled out of some bases after Islamist attacks.
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Islamist Gunmen Kill 17 In Somalia Beach Restaurant Attack
At least 17 people were killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when five Islamist gunmen set off bombs and stormed a popular beach-front restaurant late on Thursday, Somali police said.
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Islamists Bomb, Storm Restaurant In Somali Capital
Islamist gunmen stormed a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off two car bombs and battling government soldiers trying to flush them out.
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US Citizen Who Fought for Islamist Group Surrenders in Somalia: Official
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.
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Somali Islamists Warn Against 'Immoral Culture' at Hotels, Beaches
Islamist militants al Shabaab issued a warning against Somalis who frequent hotels, beaches and nightclubs in the capital Mogadishu, saying it will target men and women who engage in "immoral culture."
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Al Shabaab Attack on Somali Hotel Kills At Least 13
The Somali militant Islamist group Al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel today, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said.
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Al Shabaab Terrorists Capture UN Helicopter Carrying "Several Foreigners"
Al Shabaab operatives captured a United Nations helicopter carrying two Somali men and several foreigners when it made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the Islamist group, a military official said on Wednesday.
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8 Civilians Dead In Siege At Somalian Hotel By Al-Shabaab Terrorists
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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Islamist Motive 'Likely' In Deadly German Knife Attack: Investigators
German investigators said Tuesday they suspected an Islamic extremist motive behind a knife attack last week by a Somali man that left three women dead in the southern city of Wuerzburg.
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9 People Killed In Suicide Attack On Mogadishu Hotel In Somali
At least nine people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday when a suicide bomber rammed a car into a hotel, police and witnesses said, in an attack claimed by militant Islamist group al Shabaab.
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Al Shabaab Claims Fatal Car Bomb Attack Near Somali Parliament In Mogadishu
Two Somali soldiers died and five others were injured when a car bomb claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab exploded on Saturday near the parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police said.
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Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town Near Kenyan Border, Kill 7 Troops
Somalia's Islamist terrorist group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven Somali soldiers, the group and Somali officials said.
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Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town West Of Mogadishu: Security Forces
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab today shelled residential areas in the town of Baidoa, west of the capital Mogadishu, hitting a hospital and likely causing casualties, the African Union (AU) peace keeping force AMISOM said in a Twitter post.
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Suicide Bomber Strikes While Hugging Official In Somalia's Puntland
An Islamist militant suicide bomber put his arms around a local official as if in a hug and blew both of them up in the autonomous Somali region of Puntland today, officials said.
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US Strikes Al Shabaab Training Camp In Somalia, More Than 150 Killed
The US military carried out a drone strike over the weekend targeting a training camp run by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab about 120 miles north of capital Mogadishu over the weekend, killing more than 150 fighters, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Bomb Kills Kenya Police As Troops Pull Out Of Somali Bases
At least five police officers died in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Kenya, police and reports said today, as troops inside Somalia pulled out of some bases after Islamist attacks.
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Islamist Gunmen Kill 17 In Somalia Beach Restaurant Attack
At least 17 people were killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when five Islamist gunmen set off bombs and stormed a popular beach-front restaurant late on Thursday, Somali police said.
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Islamists Bomb, Storm Restaurant In Somali Capital
Islamist gunmen stormed a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off two car bombs and battling government soldiers trying to flush them out.
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US Citizen Who Fought for Islamist Group Surrenders in Somalia: Official
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.
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Somali Islamists Warn Against 'Immoral Culture' at Hotels, Beaches
Islamist militants al Shabaab issued a warning against Somalis who frequent hotels, beaches and nightclubs in the capital Mogadishu, saying it will target men and women who engage in "immoral culture."
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Al Shabaab Attack on Somali Hotel Kills At Least 13
The Somali militant Islamist group Al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel today, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said.
