article_snippet.sent: The Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab is responsible for the attack in the center of Mogadishu, group spokesman Abu Musab said.
article_snippet.sent: Somalia-based Al-Shabaab has battled the country's government for years, aiming to overthrow the country's government and turn the country into a fundamentalist Islamic state.
article_snippet.sent: In recent years, Somalia-based Al-Shabaab also launched terror attacks beyond Somalia's borders, sometimes targeting non-Muslims.
article_snippet.sent: What is Somalia-based Al-Shabaab, and what does the country's government want?
article_snippet.sent: In Somalia, Somalia-based Al-Shabaab has been blamed for attacks that have killed international aid workers, journalists, civilian leaders and African Union peacekeepers.
article_snippet.sent: Among Al-Shabaab militants was Yusuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari, Somalia's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
highlights_snippet.sent: Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack .
  