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11 killed in attack on Somali presidential compound
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-somalia-presidential-compound-attack-20140221,0,6371734.story
Somalis gather near the wreckage of one of two car bombs used in an attack on the presidential compound in Mogadishu. Nine militants and two Somali government officials were killed; Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud was not harmed.
11 killed in attack on Somali presidential compound
By Robyn Dixon
February 21, 2014, 12:55 p.m.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Nine militants and two Somali government officials were killed when an Al Qaeda-linked terror group attacked the presidential compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday.
President Hassan Sheik Mohamud, whose residence and office are in the compound known as Villa Somalia, was unharmed.
Two suicide bombers in two cars attacked the compound, triggering massive explosions, before a group of seven armed gunmen opened fire, according to Somali security officials.
The Shabab, the Al Qaeda-linked Somali terror group that carried out last year’s deadly assault on a shopping mall in Kenya, claimed responsibility for Friday's attack, Reuters news agency reported.
