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Somalia: African Union force secures U.N. base after attack by al-Shabaab militants
Troops from the African Union force AMISOM said they had secured a United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu after it was attacked by Islamist militants, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group.
“AMISOM was at the UNDP compound within minutes and has it currently secured,” the force said on its official Twitter account. A U.N. spokesman and the Islamist militants said fighting and gunfire was heard more than an hour after the initial blast.
The al-Shabaab group said on Wednesday its fighters were behind an attack on a United Nations compound in Mogadishu and said a battle between their gunmen and security forces continued more than an hour after an initial blast.
“Mujahideen units from the Martyrdom Brigade have stormed the UNDP compound near the airport in Mogadishu,” the group said on its official Twitter feed @HSMPRESS1. A U.N. spokesman in Mogadishu said the attackers had entered the compound. -(Reuters)