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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Shabab militant group in Somalia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Saturday that killed at least 13 people at a restaurant popular with Ethiopian and Somali troops in the town of Baladweyne in central Somalia.
“Our main target was Ethiopian and Djibouti troops who invaded our country. They were sitting there,” said a spokesman for the Shabab, Sheik Abdiaziz Abu Musab.
He put the death toll from the attack at 25, including troops from Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia.
There was no independent word on whether any foreign soldiers were among the casualties in the bombing.
