At least 12 people were killed after Shabaab attacked Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamee', a pro-government Sufi militia, in the Hiran region. Hizbul Islam rebels attacked a Shabaab base in Mogadishu. A mortar shell killed five civilians in Mogadishu. Shabaab commander Sheikh Ahmed Abu Yasir said that the group is happy to join with Taliban fighters crossing from Yemen to Somalia.
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