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Terrorist Group Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Kenya Attack

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Kenya's security forces have killed the Islamic extremist gunmen whose assault on a luxury hotel and shopping complex took 14 "innocent lives," the country's president said Wednesday. Al-Shabab, the extremist group allied to al-Qaida and based in neighboring Somalia, claimed responsibility for the attack. Here & Now's Robin Young talks with NPR East Africa correspondent Eyder Peralta (@eyderp).

This segment aired on January 16, 2019.

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