Al-shabaab militants attack US military base near Mogadishu
The Islamist group also detonated a car bomb targeting an EU military convoy on Monday in the Somalian capital
30 September 2019 - 13:21
Garowe/Mogadishu — Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the Horn of Africa, attacked a US military base near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and detonated a car bomb targeting an EU military convoy.
“We are aware that the al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs at the US army base in Balidoogle area today,” Abdirahman Muse Ali, a Somalia army officer, said by phone. “Armed fighters also attacked the base from different directions.”..
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