Somalia’s al Shabaab organisation targeted an African Union mission soldier camp in the Shabelle region in the country’s central region with a vehicle bomb and rifle attack on Tuesday, a local elder said.
“We were roused early in the morning by massive explosions. The explosions took place at an African Union mission station. Following then, a fierce exchange of gunfire ensued “Mohamed Nur, a local elder, spoke to Reuters by phone from El Baraf, around 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu.