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“Officials said an attack by Islamic militants against government soldiers in the Somali capital has left at least 15 people dead on Monday.

Residents of northern Mogadishu said the insurgents fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades on government and African Union peacekeepers’ bases in an hourslong battle beginning Sunday afternoon.”

(15 killed during Somali insurgent attack)