At least 18 killed in Al-Shabaab attack in Somalia: Al Shabaab militants killed at least 18 civilians and destroyed trucks laden with relief food in an overnight attack in Somalia's central region, residents and a state news agency said on Saturday.
Al-Shabaab militants killed at least 18 civilians and destroyed trucks laden with relief food in an overnight attack in Somalia's central region, residents and a state news agency said on Saturday.
“Al-Shabaab killed 18 civilians and ... several trucks of relief food heading to Mahas town last night,” Farah Aden, a local elder told Reuters by phone. The Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group has been battling Somalia's central government for more than a decade. It wants to establish its own rule based on a strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.
Last month more than 20 people were killed in an attack in which Al-Shabaab fighters stormed the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, triggering a 30-hour battle as government troops sought to end the siege and free hostages.
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