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June 17, 2019

Al-Shabab Claims Attacks in Mogadishu and Kenya, Killing at Least 18 People
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In Somalia, a car bombing Saturday near a checkpoint at the presidential
palace in Mogadishu killed at least eight people and wounded another 25.
The militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
Al-Shabab also claimed responsibility for the death of 10 Kenyan police
officers who were killed Saturday after their vehicle struck an
improvised explosive device near the border with Somalia.


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