Islamist militants claim responsibility for Somali bombing

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A militant Islamist group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide bomb that killed seven people at the home of Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. The claim came several hours before Ethiopian soldiers allied to Gedi's government shot dead a would-be suicide bomber targeting their headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The group vowed to continue attacks until what it called "occupiers" left Somalia. Somali premier Gedi, who has now survived four attempts on his life in the last two years, blamed al Qaeda for the blast at his compound in north Mogadishu, which killed five soldiers and two civilians.

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