At least 7 killed after Al-Shabaab’s attack on Somali military base

Al- Shabaab members attacked a military base in the outskirts of the town of Baidoa on Friday morning, killing at least 7 Somali soldiers, a Somali military official said.

The attack came two days after the United States said it had killed the chief of al Shabaab’s intelligence and security wing, Tahliil Abdishakur.

“Al Shabaab attacked our base unexpectedly early in the morning today. We lost seven soldiers,” Captain Ahmed Idow, a Somali military officer, told Reuters by telephone from Baidoa.

Idow said Somali soldiers killed three al Shabaab imembers during the attack.

A spokesman for Al- Shabaab said the group had briefly seized the base and killed more than 10 soldiers.

“We fiercely attacked the military base near Baidoa,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operation spokesman, told Reuters.

Al Shabaab is seeking to topple the federal government Somalia and impose Islamic law in the country.

Source: Reuters