Somalia: Al-Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Military Bases

Al-Shabaab has on Wednesday carried out attacks on two Somali military bases, using a suicide vehicle bombing and dozens of heavily armed militants, a military official said.

African Union troops stepped in to help repel the second, larger attack after a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives onto a bridge leading to the Qoryoley army base some 95 kilometers (59 miles) west of Mogadishu and detonated it.

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