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The citizens of Mogadishu have been under attack for the past weeks. There were already two attacks from a distance of a week. On October 14, 2017 there was a suicide car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia. Which led to 23 people dead and 30 people wounded. There were five attackers inside the Somalia's capital. CBS NEWS states “Two of the five attackers were killed on the first floor, Hussein said. The others hurled grenades and cut off the building's electricity” The attackers were related to the group Al -Shabab which is the most powerful group in Africa. CBS NEWS states again “Islamic extremist group, quickly claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack and said its fighters were inside the hotel.” Also, there was another attack two weeks before

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