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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...gang.
Sunday's kaboom took place near the gate of the base in Afgoye town, 30km south-west of Mogadishu, according to security officials and al-Shabaab.
"Police and military fired at a speeding suicide boom-mobile today and it went
kaboom!in Afgoye district. So far, we know three soldiers died," Captain Nur Ali, a police officer, told the Rooters news agency.
Al-Shabaab claimed a higher corpse count.
"A suicide boom-mobile targeted Somali forces who were deployed ahead of President [Mohammed Abdullahi] Farmaajo's visit in Afgoye. We killed 11 soldiers," Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab's military operation front man, told Rooters.
Residents reported hearing a powerful kaboom, followed by gunfire from the base.
Addow Isse, a resident in the town, said he saw at least three bodies lying in a pool of blood, according to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named news agency.
Colonel Ahmed Ali told AP that fatalities could increase from the 10 injured in the blast.