The group was made of 15 people and the raid occurred in this capital, says the communiqué issued by the National Intelligence and Security Agency through social networks.

Mogadishu and other Somali localities are the scene of frequent bombings by Al Shabab, the armed Islamist group loyal to the Al Qaeda network, created in the 70s of the last century in Afghanistan by the Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden with the support of the special services of the United States and the United Kingdom.

Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon offices in Washington; bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces a decade later.

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