Al-Shabab Attacks Military Base In Somalia

Suspected Al-Shabab fighters attacked a Somali military base in the central Galgaduud region on Monday.

The army repulsed the attack on the base housing national and local troops in Qayib, a village captured from al-Shabab last week, defence ministry spokesman Abdullahi Ali Anod said.

The attack began with two suicide car bombs, followed by hours of heavy fighting, Ahmed Hassan, a military officer in the nearby town of Bahdo, told Reuters.

Also, in a statement, al-Shabab spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab said the group launched the assault in Qayib using suicide car bombs before its fighters attacked from different directions.

The fighters killed several soldiers and stole weapons and military vehicles, Abu Musab said.

Al-Shabab killed at least 100 people in twin car bombings at the education ministry in the capital, Mogadishu, on October 29, the deadliest blasts in five years.

Also, a suicide bomber also killed at least five people and wounded 11 others in an incident near a military training camp in Mogadishu on Saturday.