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Somalia car bombing: Al-Shabaab claims responsibility as nine killed after gunmen storm police HQ | |
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At least nine people have been killed including four attackers in an assault on Somalia's Criminal Investigation Department (CID). | |
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility after two suicide car bombs struck the gates of the CID headquarters in Mogadishu before at least two gunmen stormed the building. | |
Ali Hassan, a police officer at the Central Investigations Department, said security forces foiled the assault and shot dead the gunmen who tried to storm the heavily fortified security facility. | |
Witnesses reported hearing two loud explosions before an exchange of gunfire. They later said ambulances could be heard at the scene of the attack. | |
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing and shooting attack. | Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing and shooting attack. |
"A fighter rammed a suicide car bomb into CID then other armed fighters stormed inside. We are now fighting inside the CID building," Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab's military operations spokesman, told Reuters. | "A fighter rammed a suicide car bomb into CID then other armed fighters stormed inside. We are now fighting inside the CID building," Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab's military operations spokesman, told Reuters. |
Earlier this week, the Islamist group claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel near Mogadishu's International Airport, which left at least 13 people dead. | Earlier this week, the Islamist group claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel near Mogadishu's International Airport, which left at least 13 people dead. |
Al-Shabaab, which is fighting an insurgency aiming to topple Somalia's government, was driven out of Mogadishu by the African Union force Amisom in 2011, and was ousted from strongholds elsewhere in the south last year. | Al-Shabaab, which is fighting an insurgency aiming to topple Somalia's government, was driven out of Mogadishu by the African Union force Amisom in 2011, and was ousted from strongholds elsewhere in the south last year. |
Additional reporting by agencies |