Al-Shabaab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a 'historic victory' over the jihadists with the capture of a strategic coastal town.
Al-Shabaab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a "historic victory" over the jihadists with the capture of a strategic coastal town.
There were conflicting reports about the death toll after the Islamist fighters stormed the camp in the town of Hawadley north of the capital Mogadishu. The Islamists detonated a car packed with explosives outside the camp 60 kilometres north of Mogadishu before gunmen stormed the compound, witnesses and security officials said.
But despite the gains, Al-Shabaab has demonstrated the ability to strike back with lethal force against civilian and military targets. “The brave members of the national armed forces… have destroyed the enemy of the nation and liberated the strategic port town of Haradhere,” he said in a statement. On Saturday, eight people were killed in a roadside bombing claimed by Al-Shabaab in central Somalia, police said. Earlier this month, 19 people were killed in twin car bombings in Mahas, a town in Hiran district in Hirshabelle.“Five members of the army were martyred, including a senior military officer,” he said, adding that the army had killed 21 Al-Shabaab fighters.
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