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June 9, 2017

Somalia: 70 Dead After Al-Shabab Fighters Storm Army Base
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In Somalia, hundreds of fighters with the militant group al-Shabab
overran an army base in the northern state of Puntland Thursday, killing
as many as 70 people and wounding dozens of others. It was the deadliest
attack on Somali security forces in several years.


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