As many as nine female street cleaners in Mogadishu were killed by a bomb blamed on Shabaab. Ethiopian peacekeeping troops clashed with Shabaab near Garbaharay yesterday and arrested six people, including Somali officials, for fomenting violence in the city. Shabaab gunned down a member of Parliament in Mogadishu on July 28. Puntland suspended cooperation with the Somali federal government on July 31 after the latter endorsed a deal authorizing the creation of an autonomous state for the Mudug and Galgaduud regions. Three Shabaab members convicted of killing civilians were executed.
