Shabaab claimed credit for a series of bombings in Puntland that killed 20 and wounded more than 70 Somalis. "This location [in Bossaso] was a place where Ethiopian and Puntland soldiers go for entertainment, with sinful acts and harmful culture," according to a Shabaab statement published on the Internet. Shabaab fighters overran a police station south of Mogadisu but later abandoned it.
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