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37 Killed In Al-Shabaab Suicide Bomb Attack In Somalia's Capital
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing 37 people and wounding scores more, officials said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest strikes in the East African country in months.
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26 Dead, 56 Hurt in Somalia Hotel Attack, Al-Shabaab Claim Responsibility
At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said on Saturday.
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World Leaders Condemn Somalia Bombing 'In Strongest Terms'
World leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack in the country to date with at least 137 deaths.
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At Least 18 Killed In Mogadishu Restaurant Attack
A suicide car bombing and assault by Shabaab terrorists on two neighbouring restaurants in Somalia's capital Mogadishu ended Thursday morning with 18 dead, a government spokesman said.
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Suicide Bomb In Market In Somalia Capital Kills 39, Injures Over 50
A car bomb ripped through a market in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing 39 people and injuring over 50 others, a local official said, days after Somalia elected a new president.
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Car Bomb Explodes Outside Somalia Capital Mogadishu's Port, 3 Killed: Police
A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in its capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least three people, police said.
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Number Of Deaths Due To The Attack On Southern Somali Town Rises To 11
A suicide car bomb and gun attack in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday killed 11 people, including government employees, an official said, raising the initial death toll from four.
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12 Killed As Suicide Bomber hits Somalia Presidential Palace
A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalia's presidential palace in the capital today, killing at least 12 people, police say.
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3 Killed As Suicide Bomber Hits Somalia's Presidential Palace
Police in Somalia today said a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of the presidential palace in the capital, killing at least three people.
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Car Bomb Exploded Outside President's Residence: Somalian Police
A car bomb went off on Tuesday in Somalia's capital outside the president's residence and partly destroyed hotels nearby, police said.
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Suicide Bomber Was Former Somali MP: Terrorist Group
A former Somali MP who joined the Shabaab group in 2010 was one of two suicide bombers who killed 13 people near a United Nations and African Union base, the militants announced today.
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Twin Suicide Bombs Kill 13 Near Mogadishu Airport
At least 13 people were killed today in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu's airport, police said, in what the jihadist Shabaab group claimed as a suicide attack.
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7 Killed As Suicide Car Bomb Explodes Near Peacekeeper Base In Somali Capital
A suicide attacker set of a car bomb near an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu today, near the city's airport, police said.
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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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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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37 Killed In Al-Shabaab Suicide Bomb Attack In Somalia's Capital
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing 37 people and wounding scores more, officials said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest strikes in the East African country in months.
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26 Dead, 56 Hurt in Somalia Hotel Attack, Al-Shabaab Claim Responsibility
At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said on Saturday.
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World Leaders Condemn Somalia Bombing 'In Strongest Terms'
World leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack in the country to date with at least 137 deaths.
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At Least 18 Killed In Mogadishu Restaurant Attack
A suicide car bombing and assault by Shabaab terrorists on two neighbouring restaurants in Somalia's capital Mogadishu ended Thursday morning with 18 dead, a government spokesman said.
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Suicide Bomb In Market In Somalia Capital Kills 39, Injures Over 50
A car bomb ripped through a market in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing 39 people and injuring over 50 others, a local official said, days after Somalia elected a new president.
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Car Bomb Explodes Outside Somalia Capital Mogadishu's Port, 3 Killed: Police
A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in its capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least three people, police said.
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Number Of Deaths Due To The Attack On Southern Somali Town Rises To 11
A suicide car bomb and gun attack in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday killed 11 people, including government employees, an official said, raising the initial death toll from four.
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12 Killed As Suicide Bomber hits Somalia Presidential Palace
A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalia's presidential palace in the capital today, killing at least 12 people, police say.
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3 Killed As Suicide Bomber Hits Somalia's Presidential Palace
Police in Somalia today said a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of the presidential palace in the capital, killing at least three people.
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Car Bomb Exploded Outside President's Residence: Somalian Police
A car bomb went off on Tuesday in Somalia's capital outside the president's residence and partly destroyed hotels nearby, police said.
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Suicide Bomber Was Former Somali MP: Terrorist Group
A former Somali MP who joined the Shabaab group in 2010 was one of two suicide bombers who killed 13 people near a United Nations and African Union base, the militants announced today.
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Twin Suicide Bombs Kill 13 Near Mogadishu Airport
At least 13 people were killed today in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu's airport, police said, in what the jihadist Shabaab group claimed as a suicide attack.
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7 Killed As Suicide Car Bomb Explodes Near Peacekeeper Base In Somali Capital
A suicide attacker set of a car bomb near an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu today, near the city's airport, police said.
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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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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
