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| Al Shabaab attacks military base near Somalia's Kismayu, Kills at least 10: Military |
| 2017-09-04 |
| [AlAhram] More than 10 soldiers died on Sunday and several others were maimed when al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab snuffies stormed a base in southern Somalia, security sources said. The snuffies drove a truck loaded with explosives to the main entrance of the base in Bulogadud, about 70 kilometres (40 miles) from the port town of Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region... and then attacked the soldiers. "There was an attack on the military base in Bulogadud this morning... the initial information indicates that more than 10 soldiers were killed," Abdulahi Mohammed, a security bigshot, said by phone. "There was a boom-mobile blast and gunfire followed. The forces retreated from the base initially but they later regained control," he added. Sources in a nearby village said the snuffies temporarily took control of the camp and the village. "Some people in Bulogadud told us the snuffies looted the camp ... they burned down everything and left," Ahmed Mohamud, a resident said. Shabaab grabbed credit for the attack. "The Mujahedeen fighters took control of Bulogadud, there were many enemy deaths and three technical vehicles were looted," a brief statement on a pro-Shabaab website said, citing the group's Andalus radio. |
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