At least 10 dead in attack in Somalia, officials say

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Somali soldiers prepare to secure the capital on the eve of presidential elections, at a police academy in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Graft - vote-buying, fraud, intimidation - is the top concern in a nation that Transparency International now rates as the most corrupt in the world and Mogadishu is in lockdown because of the threat of violence by homegrown Islamic extremist group al-Shabab. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Suspected militants armed with AK47 rifles killed at least 10 persons in an attack outside Mogadishu on Monday, officials said.
While no one has yet taken responsibility for the attack about 17 kilometres from the capital, Somali security official, Mohamed Hassan, blamed the home-grown militant group al-Shabaab.
Hassan and Mukhtar Gesey, a local government official, said that at least 10 persons had died, many of them women street-sweepers.
A witness said how the gunmen seemed to fire indiscriminately into the street.
“It suddenly turned into carnage; there were pools of blood everywhere,” Mohamed Adam said.
Many of the victims were participating in a government programme that allows Somali women to work as street cleaners in exchange for food from local authorities. (dpa/NAN)

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