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Al-Shabaab suspects nabbed in Somali capital over solider's death

Xinhua, January 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Somalia security forces on Tuesday arrested two suspected members of Al-Shabaab militant group in an operation in the capital Mogadishu over the killing of a government solider.

Benadir Police Commisioner, Bishar Abshir Gedi, said the suspects were believed to be behind the killing of the soldier in Mogadishu's Yakhshid district on Monday night.

The soldier's death came hours after Al-Shabaab militants carried out twin suicide car bomb attacks in Mogadishu on Monday, claiming they killed over 30 people. The exact number of casualties in the attacks is still unknown. Endit