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Al Shabaab attacks Somalia military base killing at least seven soldiers

January 2, 2015 by Kelly Davies Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab militants attacked a military base in the outskirts of the town of Baidoa on Friday morning, killing at least 7 Somali soldiers, a Somali military official said.

The attack came two days after the United States said it had killed the chief of al Shabaab’s intelligence and security wing, Tahliil Abdishakur.

“Al Shabaab attacked our base unexpectedly early in the morning today. We lost seven soldiers,” Captain Ahmed Idow, a Somali military officer, told Reuters by telephone from Baidoa.

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Idow said Somali soldiers killed three al Shabaab insurgents during the attack.

A spokesman for the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab said the group had briefly seized the base and killed more than 10 soldiers. Al Shabaab often cites a higher death toll than the number given by officials.

“We fiercely attacked the military base near Baidoa,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operation spokesman, told Reuters.

Al Shabaab is seeking to topple the Western-backed Mogadishu government and impose its own strict version of Islamic law in the country.

 

Filed Under: Terrorism Tagged With: Al Shabaab

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