September 30, 2019

Al-Shabab extremists on Monday staged an attack on a U.S. military base in Somalia, which is used to launch drone strikes.

A Somali official told The Associated Press a suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives at the gate of a military airstrip that has been used as a base for U.S. and Somali forces.

Yusuf Abdourahman, a security official with the Lower Shabelle regional administration, told the news agency that a burst of gunfire could be heard across the base after the bombing. The terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the report said.

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