Al Shabaab militants have attacked a Somali army base within the central Galgaduud area, the defence ministry and the Islamist group say, days after the realm was captured by authorities forces.
The military repulsed the assault on the bottom housing nationwide and native troops in Qayib, a village captured from al Shabaab final week, defence ministry spokesperson Abdullahi Ali Anod advised the state information company SONNA.
The assault started with two suicide automobile bombs at round 5am on Monday, adopted by hours of heavy preventing, Ahmed Hassan, a army officer within the close by city of Bahdo, advised Reuters.
“Al Shabaab torched the telecommunication station of the city, and so it’s off the air now. We all know we killed 5 al Shabaab fighters,” Hassan stated.
One automobile bomb hit a army truck guarding the bottom entrance, whereas the opposite was blown up exterior, he stated.
It wasn’t instantly clear how many individuals had been killed in complete, however a minimum of 9 troopers had been injured, he stated.
In an announcement, al Shabaab spokesperson Abdiasis Abu Musab stated the group launched the assault in Qayib utilizing suicide automobile bombs earlier than its fighters attacked from completely different instructions. The fighters killed a number of troopers and stole weapons and army autos, Abu Musab stated.
Authorities forces, supported by clan militias, have made quite a few battlefield beneficial properties towards al Shabaab within the final three months, regaining territory lengthy held by the group.
In response, al Shabaab killed a minimum of 120 folks in twin automobile bombs on the schooling ministry within the capital Mogadishu on October 29, the deadliest blasts in 5 years.
The al Qaeda-linked group has killed tens of 1000’s of individuals since 2006 in its battle to overthrow Somalia’s Western-backed central authorities and implement its interpretation of Islamic regulation.