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| Somalia suicide bomber kills police at Mogadishu academy | Somalia suicide bomber kills police at Mogadishu academy |
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| A suicide bomber has killed at least 13 police officers during a parade at a training centre in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. | A suicide bomber has killed at least 13 police officers during a parade at a training centre in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. |
| At least 15 other people were reported to be wounded. | At least 15 other people were reported to be wounded. |
| The bomber, disguised as a policeman, blew himself up at the General Kaahiye Police Academy. | The bomber, disguised as a policeman, blew himself up at the General Kaahiye Police Academy. |
| The militant Islamist group al-Shabab has said it carried out the attack. The group regularly carries out bombings in Mogadishu and other towns. | The militant Islamist group al-Shabab has said it carried out the attack. The group regularly carries out bombings in Mogadishu and other towns. |
| Witnesses said the officers were crowded into an open square for their early morning parade when the bomber detonated his explosives. | Witnesses said the officers were crowded into an open square for their early morning parade when the bomber detonated his explosives. |
| Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? | Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? |
| "Some of the police were already in lines, and others were gathering, when the man in police uniform entered and blew himself up," said Hussein Ali. | "Some of the police were already in lines, and others were gathering, when the man in police uniform entered and blew himself up," said Hussein Ali. |
| Al-Shabab spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab told Reuters that it was behind the attack. | Al-Shabab spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab told Reuters that it was behind the attack. |
| The group, which is allied to al-Qaeda, is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia. It has been driven out of Mogadishu and most of the main towns it once controlled but remains a threat. | |
| In October, al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital killing at least 20 people. | |
| However, the group denied being behind a truck bomb attack in the city earlier in October that killed at least 358 people. |