Somalia's Al Shabab fighters attack a town near the capital Mogadishu, killing at least seven people
Somalia's Al Shabab fighters have killed at least seven people in an attack on a town north of the capital Mogadishu.
"We were in a mosque praying when a heavy exchange of gunfire took place at the bridge. Al Shabab thus captured the town, overrunning the soldiers at the bridge," Hassan Nur, a shopkeeper in Balad said. Police captain Farah Ali said the fighters stayed briefly in the town after the attack but then left.
Somalia, which has had only limited central government since 1991, is trying to reconstruct itself with the help of the United Nations.
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