Al-Shabab was pushed out of Mogadishu seven years ago [File: Al Jazeera]
VOA: Extremists Attack African Union Base in Southern Somalia
Al-Shabab fighters launched coordinated attacks on five military camps in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, killing at least 12 militants and a civilian, witnesses and officials say.
Somali officials says two suicide trucks filled with explosives blew up Sunday at the AMISOM military camp in Bula Marer, 110 km south of Mogadishu and one of the main towns in the region. This was followed by al-Shabab infantry attack on the camp.
Moments later a bomb-laden mini-bus approached another AMISOM base in the nearby Golweyn village and exploded.
Al-Shabab militants also attacked a third AMISOM base in Barawe with mortars. The militants also launched infantry attacks on two Somali government positions in Qoryoley and Mashallay.
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Update #1: Al Shabaab Attacks an African Union Base in Somalia (US News and World Report/Reuters)
Update #2: Somalia: Al-Shabab attacks African Union base (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: High casualties are being reported by the local media .... Al-Shabaab raid kills 59 AU soldiers in Somalia (Mareeg)
