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Heavily armed Al-Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in southern Somalia, leaving behind several dead, according to a local army witness
. The attackers drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a checkpoint before gunmen attacked the base, exchanging gunfire with soldiers for more than an hour
Al-Shabaab attacked Bar, Somali armed forces repelled the attackers but losses were inflicted on both sides during the armed clash, said Mohamed Bile, a military commander in a neighboring village. 19659005] "We do not have the exact number of deaths yet but there could be more than ten," he added.
Several witnesses in nearby villages reported a strong explosion followed by
Shabaab linked to al-Qaeda claimed in a statement that they had killed 27 soldiers in the attack on a base " that the Americans had built for the apostate militias ".
The Shabaab are fighting to reverse the international situation Despite the loss of cities and territories in recent years, the group continues to conduct regular bombings and armed raids against government, security and civilian targets in the capital and elsewhere
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