Somalia: Mogadishu Female Police Officers Mourn Highest Death Toll in Week

When a suicide bomber in police uniform detonated his bomb vest at the General Kahiye Police Academy on Thursday morning 18 bodies laid on the ground lifeless.

They had been rehearsing for an upcoming ceremony and many of the officers present were female. This was to be the highest number of female officers killed in an Alshabaab attack inside Somalia.

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