Not less than 30 people have been killed after gunmen attacked an African Union (AU) military base in southern Somalia.
A suicide car bomber drove into the main gates of the base in Leego, along the main road connecting the capital, Mogadishu.
Although still unconfirmed, the militant Islamist Group, Al-Shabaab said its fighters have taken control of the base.
Al-Shabaab is battling Somalia’s government for control of the country.
The base is manned by Burundian soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), which has more than 20,000 troops in the country.
Reuters is quoting a Somali Major, Nur Olow, as saying: ”A car bomb rammed into the AU base, AU forces opened fire at the speeding car bomb (but) the car forced its way in.”
The African Union Mission in Somalia peacekeeping force (AMISOM) was also quoted on Twitter saying, ”AMISOM confirms there is an ongoing attack at their Leego Somalia base that started this morning”.
