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Somali TV Station Guards Engaged in Gun Battle With Security Forces

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Somalia’s tax police seized the country’s main television station in armed attack.

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Somali Universal TV reported on social media that government forces raided its offices in the capital city of Mogadishu on Saturday morning. Local residents posted video of the attack in which heavy gunfire and sirens can be heard. No casualties have been reported. The attack happened when the station during a live broadcast. No motive for the siege has been reported.

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