CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker

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CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker​

Unnamed American died alongside four Somali officers when extremists detonated a car bomb

A file picture from 2016 shows al-Shabaab recruits in Mogadishu. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters

A CIA officer died during a raid in Somalia last month targeting a key extremist thought to be responsible for an attack that killed an American soldier in Kenya last year, local intelligence officials have told the Guardian.

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CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker

Unnamed American died alongside four Somali officers when extremists detonated a car bomb

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