Ash Shabaab militants filmed an improvised explosive attack on reported government troops in Somalia. The exact number of casualties inflicted is unconfirmed.

Ash Shabaab is a religiously motivated violent extremist organization based in Somalia. The group is an officially recognized al Qaeda affiliate, promoting global and anti-Western Salafist narrative and the promotion of violence against those who do not agree with its extreme religious interpretation of Islam. Ash Shabaab is driven to establishment an Islamist state in the Horn of Africa based on Sharia law and the elimination of secular and foreign influence through violence.

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