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Al-Shabaab Carries Out Suicide Attack Target In Baidoa

April 17 2012

Somalia

Government officials say at least one soldier has been killed in a suicide bombing in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, reports Reuters.

The attack targeted a cafe in front of the U.N. compound, killing one troop and wounding others, said the governor of the Bay region.

The bomber detonated his explosives when a soldier approached to conduct a screening, he said.

The Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack. The group said five Somali...

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