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Three suspected al Shabaab fighters driving a car approached SNG forces manning a checkpoint at Baar Ubah Junction (Hodan District) and started shooting at them in the evening of 28/02. The soldiers fired back and chased the car up to Al-Baraka neighbourhood in Hodan District but the attackers escaped on foot. The car was laden with explosives and was detonated when the soldiers started checking it. Three SNG soldiers and a number of civilians were injured. A pro-al Shabaab website reported that al Shabaab fighters had used a new tactic to kill 10 SNG soldiers by attacking the checkpoint and withdraw intentionally, leaving behind a vehicle laden with explosives only to detonate it after the SNG forces gathered to check the vehicle, killing 10 of them on the spot. |
