Al-Shabaab attacks two key Somali bases: army
Al-Shabaab Islamist fighters attacked two key military bases in Somalia yesterday, detonating car bombs at both locations before engaging in an intense gun battle, an army official and witnesses said. The attacks happened in the southern region of Lower Shabelle on bases in the towns of Awdheegle and Bariire -- some 30 kilometres (17 miles) apart. Both are forward operating bases in the fight against the Islamist group. Army chief General Odowa Yusuf Rage told reporters that the attacks were over with dozens of insurgents dead of injured. Al-Shabaab claimed it had killed dozens and captured military vehicles and supplies in the attacks.
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