Shabaab kill 8 officers in attack on Somali police station

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Gunmen from the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab killed at least eight officers in a raid on a police station near the capital, police and the militants said on Saturday.
Al Shabaab fighters at about 1am local time stormed a police station on the edge of Afgoi town, 30km southwest of Mogadishu, killing eight officers and stealing three pick up trucks, including one that had a machine gun mounted on it.
“Al Shabaab killed eight of my colleagues and took three of our cars last night,” Major Abdikadir Hussein, a police officer told Reuters from Afgoi.
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Source:: PM Newspaper