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Officials in Somalia have confirmed the death of at least 13 people in a suicide bomb attack at a police training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday.

A man wearing a police uniform reportedly blew himself up inside the training camp.

A spokesman for the Somali police command, Major Mohamed Hussein told local media the attacker infiltrated the General Kahiye Police Training Academy with explosives strapped to his body.

The bomber detonated the explosives during a police parade.

The director of Amin Ambulances, Abdikadir Abdirahman told Reuters that “We have carried 13 dead people and fifteen others who were injured from the police academy.”

Reuters reported that the militant Islamist group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The group’s military operations spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab is quoted as saying “We will give details of casualties later.”

Somalia continues to struggle to deal with the activities of al Shabaab which has compromised the security of the eastern African country.

Source: Africafeeds.com

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