Four civilians, soldier killed as jihadists attack Somalia army

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Four civilians and a soldier were killed when heavily-armed Somali jihadists attacked an army base north of the capital, military sources and witnesses said Thursday.

Witnesses said dozens of al-Shabaab members, arriving aboard four pickup trucks, took part in the attack late Wednesday on Hilweyne base 25 kilometres north of Mogadishu, while a soldier said there had been hundreds of assailants.

“We have lost one soldier in the fighting, but the terrorists also killed four other civilians including two women who were running small businesses near the camp.” “The Shabab fighters… stormed the base after attacking from several directions using technicals,” Luqman said, referring to pickup trucks.Several other witnesses toldthat they saw fire at the base after the attackers set some of the soldiers’ belongings and two trucks ablaze.The group was driven out of Mogadishu by government forces backed by 20,000 African Union peacekeepers in 2011.

 

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