Extremists Launch Attacks on U.S. and European Military Targets in Somalia
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By Abdi Guled
September 30, 2019
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels on Monday launched two attacks on U.S. and European military targets, officials said.
The first attack was on a military airstrip which is a base for U.S. and Somalia forces in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia. A suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives at the gate of the Belidogle airstrip, said Yusuf Abdourahman, a security official with the Lower Shabelle regional administration. Bursts of gunfire could be heard across the base after bombing, suggesting an ongoing attack on the base.
Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, have claimed the responsibility for the attack.
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