The terrorist attack resulted in 67 casualties, including five of an estimated 15 of the assailants. They chose the United Nations’ International Day of Peace—September 21—for their assault, to communicate their agenda. Via Twitter, al Shabaab also communicated its main motives for the siege: “HSM [Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, meaning ‘Mujahideen Youth Movement’] has on numerous occasions warned the #Kenyan government that failure to remove its forces from Somalia would have severe consequences.”
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 16:30:01 +0000
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