MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants blasted their way into a police station north of Somalia's capital on Tuesday and opened fire on officers and civilians inside, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials and witnesses said.
Al Shabaab - the al Qaeda-linked group that killed 67 people in a raid on a shopping mall in neighbouring Kenya in September - claimed responsibility for the morning assault and told Reuters many of its men had since managed to get away unharmed.
