Al-Shabaab attacks AMISOM base in Somalia
Friday December 17, 2021
The al-Shabaab terrorist group attacked a base of the African Union
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) late Thursday, according to officials.
The attack was on the AMISOM base Bulomarer, located 123 kilometers (76 miles) south of the capital of Mogadishu.
"The
terrorists first attacked a security checkpoint in the town, but the
military swiftly repulsed the attack. After they failed, the attackers
then fired mortars at the AMISOM base, and it's possible that some
shells landed inside the base," a military officer in the Lower Shabelle
region told Anadolu Agency, without disclosing whether there were
casualties.
The group, which is linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying 17 peacekeepers were killed or wounded.
"Seventeen
Ugandan soldiers killed and wounded in mujahideen attack on Bulomarer
base in Lower Shabelle region," al-Shabaab said on its media vehicle,
Radio Andalus.
The group also said it killed five soldiers in the attack on the security checkpoint in Bulomarer.
Al-Shabaab claimed that it killed four peacekeepers Saturday in a bomb attack in the Middle Shabelle region.
In
October 2017, at least 300 people were killed in a truck bomb attack in
Mogadishu blamed on al-Shabaab -- the deadliest terror attack in
Somalia’s history.
