article_snippet: Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN)Islamic militants with the extremist group Al-Shabaab mounted a bloody attack Thursday on government administration offices in Baidoa, Somalia.
article_snippet: the extremist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
article_snippet: I am deeply saddened by news of the attack in Baidoa this morning," the extremist group Al-Shabaab said in a statement released by AMISOM, the The African Union's mission to Somalia.
article_snippet: These are desperate attempts by the extremist group Al-Shabaab to seek relevance, following the massive defeats These continue to suffer from the Somali National Army working together with AMISOM troops," Sidikou said.
article_snippet: the extremist group Al-Shabaab started with a goal of waging a war against the Somali government in an effort to implement a stricter form of Islamic law, or Sharia.
article_snippet: the extremist group Al-Shabaab has since shifted focus to terrorist attacks in Somalia and beyond, even calling, in a video released last month, for attacks on shopping malls in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
article_snippet: How big a threat is the extremist group Al-Shabaab to the United States?
highlights_snippet: Al-Shabaab says Al-Shabaab militants attacked the state palace in Baidoa city .
  