8 Somali soldiers killed in suicide car bomb, attack at base
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Eight soldiers were killed when a suicide car bomb targeted a Somalia military training camp and attackers then entered the base on foot, the military said Monday.
The car bomb on Monday morning allowed the fighters to infiltrate the Lanta Buro base in Lower Shabelle region, a military officer, Said Mohamed Adawe, told The Associated Press.
“They are still in control of the base,” a senior Somali military official said, insisting on speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed 30 soldiers. Al-Shabab also targeted the camp last year with a similar attack, killing more than 15 soldiers.