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                   Militants Attack Somali Intelligence Base

   by VOA News

   Al-Shabab militants in Somalia have attacked a national intelligence
   agency compound in the capital, killing a security agent and wounding
   two others.

   The raid on the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) base
   Sunday in Mogadishu started with a suicide car bombing.

   NISA said in a statement "The attack was successfully thwarted by our
   forces. None of our buildings nor bases were entered."

   However, media reports said attackers fought their way into the
   facility amid intense gunfire.

   Officials said at least three militants were killed in the assault.

   Authorities told VOA the suicide car bombing hit the "wrong target,"
   striking the door of a residential building next to the compound.

   On Saturday, at least 15 Somali police officers were killed in a raid
   on a checkpoint in Afgoye, about 30 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu.

   Some material for this report came from AFP and Reuters.
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