After the attack ended officials counted 17 dead bodies, two of them being government officials, "the secretary to the Prime Minister and the former deputy national intelligence agency chief." The group that claimed responsibility for the attack is called the Al-shabaab. "It hopes to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state by force it has launched attacks in other countries, such as Kenya and Uganda, they have killed dozens." (Frank Gardner, 2013) they had hoped to kill the president or as many government official so they can create fear in the country and take over the government.
Al-shabaab is an Islamic terrorist group that has a stronghold in Somalia and are one of the main crisis for somalia. The crisis in Somalia is the violence and destruction that Al-Shabaab is creating. The conflict that lead to all of the current havoc is the lack of government. However know somalia has a president who is trying to get rid of the Al-shabaab and seeks the help of other countries.The Al-shabaab fight the help against the help of other countries, they want to remove all of the foreign forces such as UN troops and U.S diplomats. The group's participants are around 7,000-9,000 people who are active participants in the groups brutal attacks. The most recent attack was on the presidential palace on Friday, february 21, during prayer. The attacks have been slowly increasing since the president has been elected and is trying to get them under control. However nothing has worked so far and everyone is early waiting for someone to rid the country of the group so that they can focus on their government and economy and what's best for the people of Somalia.
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