At least 11 dead in Islamist attack in Somalia
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STORY: Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb and gunmen attacked a national-intelligence site in Somalia's capital where suspected militants are held, in an assault on Sunday that left at least 11 people dead, government officials and the rebel group said.
Three soldiers and one civilian were killed along with seven militants, including the suicide bomber who detonated the vehicle packed with explosives, Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told reporters at the site.
After the initial blast, gunmen stormed the compound but did not reach the underground cells where suspected militants were being detained, Yusuf said.
One intelligence officer told Reuters the gunmen had entered one building, forcing security personnel to fight room-to-room to clear them out.
One eyewitness said he saw people on the ground after the fighting.
Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, told Reuters the
STORY: Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb and gunmen attacked a national-intelligence site in Somalia's capital where suspected militants are held, in an assault on Sunday that left at least 11 people dead, government officials and the rebel group said.
Three soldiers and one civilian were killed along with seven militants, including the suicide bomber who detonated the vehicle packed with explosives, Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told reporters at the site.
After the initial blast, gunmen stormed the compound but did not reach the underground cells where suspected militants were being detained, Yusuf said.
One intelligence officer told Reuters the gunmen had entered one building, forcing security personnel to fight room-to-room to clear them out.
One eyewitness said he saw people on the ground after the fighting.
Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, told Reuters the