MOGADISHU, Somalia — Extremists in Somalia attacked a heavily fortified police center in the capital Sunday, killing at least five people before security forces ended the assault, police said. Four attackers, including two suicide bombers, were also killed in the attack suspected to be by the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, said police Capt. The attack on the police Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu started with twin suicide car bombings at the gates of the security facility. Although al-Shabab was ousted from Mogadishu and most Somali towns in 2011, it continues to wage a deadly guerrilla campaign. More than 22,000 peacekeepers are deployed in Somalia in the multi-national African Union force.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2016 08:48 UTC