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allAfrica.com: Somalia: 13 Killed in Capital After Insurgents Attack Military Post (Page 1 of 1)

allAfrica.com: Somalia: 13 Killed in Capital After Insurgents Attack Military Post (Page 1 of 1): "At least 13 people were killed in Somalia's war-battered capital Saturday night after Islamist guerrillas attacked a military post, witnesses reported.

Among the dead were nine government soldiers and two insurgents. A mother and her child were killed when a mortar slammed into their home, according to neighbors."

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