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Somalia: Shabaab Militants Storm Southern Military Base, Kill 27 Troops

Somalia: Shabaab Militants Storm Southern Military Base, Kill 27 Troops
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Members of Somalia’s Shabaab terrorist group attacked a military base with a suicide car bomb in the south of the country, killing 27 soldiers, the group said on Monday, a blast heard by residents of a nearby town.

The attack follows a June attack on the base by Shabaab that wounded seven soldiers. The terrorist group is battling to topple the central government and impose its rule based on its own extremist wrong interpretation of Islam’s sharia law.

There was no immediate comment from government officials about the attack on the base in Baar Sanguni, about 50 km distant from the port city of Kismayu.

“We first attacked the base with a suicide car bomb and then stormed,” said Abdiasis Abu Musab, Shabaab’s spokesman for military operations. “We killed 27 soldiers and took the base. Some soldiers fled into the jungles.”

The military was sending reinforcements to the base following the reports of an explosion and heavy fighting after the attack, one official said.

“We have sent reinforcement to the base,” Majo Mohamud Aden, a Somali military officer, told Reuters from Kismayu.

“We understand there was an explosion and heavy fighting between al Shabaab, who attacked the base, and the Somali forces. We have no details so far.”

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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