Al Shabaab has fired mortar rounds on Burundian peacekeepers' military base at Elasha Biyaha area, about 18 kilometers south-west of Mogadishu on Friday mid-night.
The overnight mortar attack has sparked a fierce gunfight between Al Shabaab fighters and Burundian soldiers who are serving under the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
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