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Al-Shabaab Claims Pair Of Bombings In South

July 27 2022

Somalia

The Al-Shabaab militant group says it was behind bombings in two towns in southern Somalia, reports Reuters.

On Wednesday, two bombs detonated in a livestock market in Afgoye in the Lower Shabelle region. The first caused no casualties but the second killed four civilians, police officials said.

Another bomb went off in the port town of Marka, killing the district commissioner, reported the state-run Radio Muqdisho, citing local security officials.

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