Somali security forces claimed to have killed five of the 30 bodyguards of Abdullahi Dhere, Shabaab's representative for the Bay region, during a raid in Kulan-Jareer in Bakool. Gunmen in military uniforms killed at least five civilians outside a mosque in Lower Shabelle.
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