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Online communication has already caused its first casualty among traditional postal services: Denmark recently ended its letter deliveries service, PostNord.

In a statement, al-Shabab said it released "all the Muslim prisoners" from the facility and inflicted heavy casualties on those guarding the centre.

Four people were killed, bringing the total number of casualties from all four strikes to 21.

But in imposing curfews and dismissing UN casualty reports, the government could be signalling that it may double down on repression rather than compromise.

One Civil Defence member said on social media that the casualties included children, and posted a video of a severely injured boy lying on a hospital bed frame.