SOMALIA: Nine Soldiers killed in training camp suicide attack

A suicide bomber dressed in an army uniform infiltrated a training camp in Somalia’s capital on Monday and killed at least nine soldiers, according to officials. The bomber, posing as a military trainee, walked into the camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu and detonated explosives strapped to his waist. Armed group al-Shabab, which has carried […]

A suicide bomber dressed in an army uniform infiltrated a training camp in Somalia’s capital on Monday and killed at least nine soldiers, according to officials.

The bomber, posing as a military trainee, walked into the camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu and detonated explosives strapped to his waist.

Armed group al-Shabab, which has carried out frequent attacks aimed at overthrowing Somalia’s internationally-recognised government, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Two military colonels were among those died, as well as the camp’s chief trainer, Colonel Abdi Hassan told the Associated Press news agency.