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2024-03-24 Africa Horn
Two dead, 3 hurt in IED explosion at AU base in southern Somalia
20/03/2024
[ShabelleMedia] Two Somali soldiers have been killed and several others maimed in a kaboom at an AU military base in the Lower Shabelle region, south of Somalia.

Multiple sources said a landmine was planted at the gate of the ATMIS forward operating base in Qoryoley district last night, killing two soldiers and injuring senior security officers.

Qoryoley lies about 120 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu.

The maimed include the district police commissioner Abdi Waal and Abdikarin Adow, a former intelligence chief and a soldier, some are reported to be at death's door.

The security of the AU camp has been beefed up following the blast and no group has yet grabbed credit for the attack which comes amid Ramadan observed across Somalia.

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Somali government forces control the town since 2014 after liberating it from al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
during an offensive in the region.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
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