Nearly a Dozen Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed in Central Somalia Days after Twin Raids in Awdheegle and Barire SNA Forward Operating Bases

Ammunition used by suspected al Shabaab assailants killed during an attack is displayed outside Somalia's regional government headquarters in the central city of Baidoa, March 12, 2015. Six Somali police officers were killed on Thursday when al Shabaab Islamist militants detonated a car bomb outside a regional government headquarters in the central city of Baidoa and then stormed inside the compound, police said. The attack is the latest in a series launched by the group, which often targets official sites and politicians in the capital Mogadishu in its bid to topple the Western-backed government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam. REUTERS/Stringer (SOMALIA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) QUALITY FROM SOURCE - RTR4T2Y9