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Car Bombs Hit Government Military Base in Southern Somalia

Reuters

   MOGADISHU - A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of
   Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents
   said, and the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group claimed responsibility
   for the attack.

   The incident occurred in Awdhigle, an agricultural district along the
   Shabelle River, 70 km southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

   "We heard two huge blasts and gunfire from the direction of the Somali
   military base. I saw several soldiers running away from the base to
   escape but we cannot know how many were killed," Awdhigle elder Aden
   Abdullahi told Reuters.

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