Information About Incident 65608-133052-337200 in Nasirabad Pakistan

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Hardliners from the group then formed al-Shabaab, which claimed responsibility for the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi that killed 67 people, including three Indian nationals.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Westgate Nairobi
• Matched District: Nasirabad
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: that
• Subject: 67 people , including three Indian nationals

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The militant commander, thought to be in his mid-30s, returned to Somalia in 2002 and joined the Islamic Courts Union, an Islamist group that controlled large swaths in the southern part of the country. He held senior positions until late 2006, when the transitional Government drove the Islamists out. Hardliners from the group then formed al-Shabaab, which claimed responsibility for the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi that killed 67 people, including three Indian nationals. The report described Godane as a man of contradictions. He is bookish, eloquent in both Arabic and Somali, recites poetry and is known to quote from obscure academic journals. However, he also ruthlessly killed most of his rivals to seize control of al-Shabaab, the Somali militia linked to al Qaida.

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