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March 25, 2019

Somalia: At Least 15 Killed in Gun Battle at Gov't Bldg
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In Somalia, at least 15 people died after a Saturday gun battle between
security forces and al-Shabab militants at an official government
building in the capital Mogadishu. The al-Shabab fighters detonated a
car bomb outside the building before storming the ministries of labor
and public works. Among the dead was the deputy minister of labor and
social affairs, Saqar Ibrahim Abdalla.


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