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U.S. & Somali Troops Carry Out Raid That Leaves 10 Dead, Including 3 Children

HeadlineAug 28, 2017

In Somalia, U.S. soldiers and Somali troops carried out a raid in which 10 people were shot dead, including three children, in a village near the capital Mogadishu on Friday. Local lawmakers say the victims were farmers. This is an eyewitness to the attack.

Muqtar Moaalim Abdi: “American forces attacked us in our farms and killed these people, including children. Those killed were farmers, who were innocent, and not al-Shabab fighters.”

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