The Islamist group al Shabaab has been terrorizing the African country of Somalia for years. It’s attacked police stations, tourist-filled restaurants, African Union troops, and killed more than 60 people at the Westgate mall attack in Kenya in 2013.
To understand how the extremist faction rose to its modern level of organized warfare, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi traveled to Somalia on the second part of his series TERROR. Watch it above.
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