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Dozens killed in al Shabaab fighting in Somalia, attacks in capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting in south Somalia between al Shabaab militants and government forces killed at least 24 people, while a rebel attack in the capital killed three Transport Ministry workers and a lawmaker, officials and the group said on Saturday.
Al Shabaab launched an attack on government troops late on Friday in the Awdigle district and Mubarak village in the Lower Shabelle region, south of the capital Mogadishu. Clashes lasted until early Saturday and killed at least two dozen people, residents said.
In two gun attacks in the capital, the group, which wants to topple the Western-backed government, killed three people working for the Transport Ministry and in another assault shot dead a lawmaker, police and a parliamentarian said.
Al Shabaab said it was behind the attacks in the south and in Mogagishu. "We shall continue killing the enemies," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0O906R20150524