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Extremists attack US military base in Somalia

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AP Mogadishu (Somalia)
Last Updated : Sep 30 2019 | 3:05 PM IST

A Somali official says a suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives at the gate of a military airstrip which is a base for US and Somali forces.

Yusuf Abdourahman, a security official with the Lower Shabelle regional administration, told The Associated Press that a burst of gunfire could be heard across the base after bombing, suggesting an ongoing attack on the base.

Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, have claimed the responsibility for the attack.

The US military uses Belidogle airstrip in the Lower Shabelle region as a base where it launches drones that attack al-Shabab and trains Somali troops.

There are reports of a second attack on European Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu.

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First Published: Sep 30 2019 | 3:05 PM IST

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