A Shabaab suicide bomber wearing an explosive jacket disguised himself as one of the patients and targeted the Halane clinic inside an African Union base in Mogadishu™s airport, killing seven people; the initial report indicated the explosion was caused by a mortar. At least five people were killed in fighting between insurgents and the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama™a militia in Beledweyne. Kenyan troops and Shabaab exchanged fire in the border town of Mandera in northeastern Kenya.
