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Somalia's Al Shabaab movement claims responsibility for bomb that killed minister
15:21, June 12, 2011 
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QQ Somalia's Islamist Al Shabaab movement has claimed responsibility for Friday's bomb attack that killed the country's interior minister, saying it was part of their "holy war" against the Somali government and African Union (AU) peacekeepers.Somalia's Interior and Security Minister Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan died on Friday after sustaining severe wounds as a female suicide bomber attacked his home in the capital Mogadishu.
The minister was a key member of the government campaign to drive Islamist rebels out of the capital city of Mogadishu.
Several other people were reported to have been injured in the attack including the minister's bodyguards.
Islamist rebels who oppose the Somali government often carry out similar suicide attacks against government officials and AU peacekeeping troops.
The radical Al Shabaab movement has in the past weeks faced major losses to the government military offensive aimed at flushing out the rebel group, which controls part of the capital and most of the southern and central Somalia.
The rebel fighters vowed to attack government positions and figures and warned people to stay away from government installations.
Huge protests in support of Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed have for the past couple of days been held in Mogadishu and other government-controlled areas in southern and central Somalia.
The premier, who is credited with crushing the Islamists in Mogadishu, is expected to tender his resignation within 30 days in accordance with an agreement between the Somali president and speaker of the parliament to end months of political wrangling.
Al Shabaab commanders have vowed to regain lost grounds from government forces and AU peacekeepers and threatened to step up suicide attacks against targets of Somali government and AU peacekeepers.
Source: Xinhua Special Coverage
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