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Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Town With Mortar Fire

© AP Photo / Farah Abdi WarsamehAl-Shabaab fighters display weopons as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia (File)
Al-Shabaab fighters display weopons as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia (File) - Sputnik International
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Suspected AlShabaab militants fired mortar shells at densely populated civilian residential areas in the Somalian town of Baidoa and hit a hospital, according to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

Two loud explosions with ensuing heard near the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, witness reports - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW(Sputnik) — Suspected Al-Shabaab militants shelled residential areas in the Somalian town of Baidoa, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said on Saturday.

"Suspected AlShabaab militants fired mortar shells at densely populated civilian residential areas in Baidoa town this morning," the African Union peacekeepers said on Twitter.

​One round of the mortars hit a hospital, the mission said. The AMISPM has no information about civilian casualties but says they are expected.

"This incident further attests to AlShabaab terrorists’ cruelty and total disregard for the lives of the Somali people," the mission said.

​Somalia has been experiencing violence since the country devolved into civil war in the early 1990s. The state’s collapse provided a breeding ground for warlords, pirates and the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab. The AMISOM was deployed in the country in 2007.

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