Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters attack Kenyan military base in Gedo region
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
Dozens of al-Shabaab fighters started a complex attack on the military base which is run by Kenyan troops who are part of the African Union force in the town of El-Ade, not far from the Kenyan border, Ahmed Hassan told The Associated Press by phone from Elwak, a town near the scene of the latest attack.
The attack started with a suicide car bomb, and then heavy gunfire was heard as militants stormed into the base, he said.
Fighting is still going on inside the base, he said. He had no details about any casualties.
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