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Somalia's Al-Shabaab carries out attack on military base

Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked group fighting to overthrow the UN-backed Somali government. [AFP]

Islamist militants have stormed a military base in southern Somalia after detonating a suicide car bomb.

The al-Shabaab militant group says it killed 27 soldiers in the raid, which began just after early morning prayers.

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