Somalia militant group Alshabaab has claimed through it’s affiliated website that it is responsibility for the death of a high ranking SNA officer in Mogadishu.
The officer identified as Ali Raggeh was killed in an explosion from a bomb fitted on his vehicle.
Security has been heightened in the Somalia capital Mogadishu following the explosion.
The Alqaeda linked militant group that has been waging an insurgency against the Somali government and African Union troops is known to intensify attacks during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
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