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December 30, 2019

Bombing Kills 79 in Mogadishu, Somalia
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The Pentagon says the United States carried out multiple airstrikes in
Somalia Sunday, following a deadly truck bombing in the capital
Mogadishu that killed nearly 80 civilians. No group has taken
responsibility for Saturday's deadly bombing, which also wounded nearly
150 people. Officials have blamed the attack on the militant group
al-Shabab. It was the worst attack in two years in Somalia. One day
after the bombing, the Pentagon said it killed at least four people in
airstrikes targeting al-Shabab. The United States is carrying out an
increasing number of airstrikes in Somalia - killing at least 800 people
since April 2017.


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