Al-Shabaab attacks a Somali army base in the town of “Osweni”

 
Reports from the “Galgudud” region in central Somalia indicated that Al-Shabaab fighters launched an attack this morning, Saturday, on a military base in the town of “Osweni”, located about 20 km from the city of “Eil Teir” in the “Galgudud” region in the state of Galmudug.

The reports added that the attack began with suicide bombings, followed by violent clashes between Al-Shabaab militants on the one hand, and government forces and allied clan militias on the other.

According to eyewitnesses, the two sides used all types of heavy weapons in the clashes, but the death toll from the attack is still unknown.

The attack comes hours after the Somali government forces took control of the strategic city of El Por in the Galgudud region, about 400 km from the capital, Mogadishu.