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Al Shabaab fighters attack military base, kill 15 Somali soldiers

Al Shabaab militants have killed at least 15 Somali soldiers.

MOGADISHU: Al Shabaab fighters killed at least 15 soldiers in an attack on a military base near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the militant group and Somali officials said on Friday.

The militants used guns and car bombs to take control of the base and a nearby town, Barire, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, in an early-morning attack.

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