US Soldiers Attacked at Base in Somalia

By Expert Infantry - U.S. Forces in Somalia - Department of Defense Joint Combat Camera Center DD-SD-00-00641, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74941080

US Soldiers were attacked at a training base in Somalia on Monday.

According to reports, there have been casualties.

The Baledogle training base is a place where the United States train commandos.

Jihadi group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A car bomb was used to smash through the gates and then fighters stormed the complex. The jihadists have been pushed back.

On the same day, an Italian military convoy was hit by an explosion in Mogadishu.