Somali forces end Al-Shabaab siege on intelligence HQ near presidential palace

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Yesterday afternoon, a massive explosion took place in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, followed by heavy fire in the vicinity of the Somali National Intelligence Service (SNI) centre, where Al-Shabaab fighters are usually interrogated in an attack later adopted by Al-Shabaab, resulting in death and injury and reflecting the deteriorating security situation in this poor country in the Horn of Africa. The region, close to the presidential palace, w…