2 soldiers killed in suicide attack on Somalia military base
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least two soldiers were killed and three wounded in a suicide attack on a military base in central Somalia on Friday.
The attack took place in Kalabeyr, an area on the outskirts of Beledweyne, capital of the Hiran region.
Soldiers managed to stop a truck rigged with explosives from entering a base that houses an elite Somali military unit.
It exploded near the entrance, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, Somali state television reported.
The attack was claimed by al-Shabaab, a group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
Somalia has been grappling with increasing insecurity for years, with al-Shabaab being one of the main threats in the Horn of Africa country.
Since 2007, al-Shabaab has waged a deadly campaign against the Somali government and international forces.
On Tuesday, two people were killed and several more wounded in a roadside explosion that targeted a security convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
An al-Shabaab suicide attack last week killed at least a dozen people in Merca, capital of the Lower Shabelle region, including its mayor.
There were at least 1,518 civilian casualties – 651 killed and 867 injured – in terrorist attacks in Somalia in 2018, followed by 1,459 – 591 killed and 868 injured – in 2019, according to UN in Somalia.
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