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Military intelligence has claimed that a suicide bomber in an attack claimed by the al Shabaab militant group on Monday killed no fewer than 30 soldiers and wounded scores inside a military academy in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
A suicide bomber has killed between 20 and 30 soldiers and injured nearly 60 more in an attack on a military academy in Mogadishu. Al-Qaeda-affiliate al-Shabab has been trying to topple Somalia's government since 2007.
Feature: Somali city reeling from inflation amid al-Shabab-imposed blockade
MOGADISHU, July 20 (Xinhua) -- For close to two weeks, Baidoa, the interim administrative headquarters of Somalia's South-West State, has been under siege amid a blockade of major transport arteries by al-Shabab militants.
AFRICOM has launched four airstrikes against Al Qaeda's branch in Somalia this month as it continues to provide air support for the Somali National Army.