Suicide car bomber explodes outside Somali military base
Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 5 months AGO
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gates of a military base in Somalia's capital.
Col. Ahmed Muse says the bomber struck the 12th April Army Brigade base near the newly reopened sports stadium in Warta-Nabadda district.
There is no immediate word on casualties.
Witnesses say ambulance sirens can be heard as police cordon off the scene. Huge clouds of smoke are billowing.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group often targets military sites in Mogadishu.
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