Five Somali soldiers were killed and an American military adviser seriously injured Monday, September 7 in Somalia, in an attack claimed by Islamist Shebab militants, we learned from a security source.
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A suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives at the entrance of a military base in Janay Abdalla, a village about 60 km from the port city of Kismayo (south).
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There was a suicide attack on the Janay Abdalla military base.
Five Somali soldiers were killed and an American military adviser seriously injured,
”local security official Mohamed Abdulle told AFP.
The soldiers inside the base repeatedly fired at the vehicle, but could not stop it, he said. The Shebab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying 16 Somali soldiers and four Americans were killed. They most often exaggerate the toll of their attacks. Driven from the Somali capital in 2011, the shebab then lost most of their strongholds. But they still control vast rural areas from where they carry out guerrilla operations and suicide attacks, including in the capital, against government, security or civilian objectives. Affiliated with Al-Qaeda, they swore the loss of the Somali government, supported by the international community and by the 20,000 men of the African Union force in Somalia (Amisom).
