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  • 14 years ago
A car bomb kills a Somali lawmaker Monday in Mogadishu.

The al Shabaab militant group is claiming responsibility for the attack.

(SOUNDBITE)(Somali) EYEWITNESS, MAHAMED ALI, SAYING:

"I saw four people injured when the explosion happened but they were able to run away from the scene, I was very shocked."

Al Shabaab wants to impose sharia law across Somalia. They have been under increased pressure since African Union troops and Western-backed government soldiers drove them out of the capital last year.

Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
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