{"id":394882,"date":"2017-06-08T11:40:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/08\/al-shabab-fighters-storm-military-base-in-somalia\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:40:13","slug":"al-shabab-fighters-storm-military-base-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/08\/al-shabab-fighters-storm-military-base-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabab fighters storm military base in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/93837400_alshabab2012getty.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Somalia\u2019s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has carried out a major assault on a military base in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.<\/p>\n<p>Its fighters killed 61 government troops and seized 16 vehicles in the dawn raid, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>A Puntland government minister has denied the high death toll, but did not give separate casualty figures.<\/p>\n<p>The al-Qaeda-linked group has carried out several big attacks on military bases in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>In January, it said it had killed 50 Kenyan soldiers in an assault on their base in Kolbiyow town in the south of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan troops are part of an 18,000-strong African Union (AU) force helping the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>In the the latest attack, the militants withdrew after more than three hours of fighting with government forces, residents told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The attack took place on the base near the remote Galgala Mountains, about 70km (43 miles) from the port city of Bosaso.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the attack, Puntland Security Minister Abdiaziz Hirsi said that an investigation was under way and details would be given later.<\/p>\n<p>The Galgala Mountains are a stronghold of al-Shabab, but a faction of militants broke away in 2015 to affiliate themselves with the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somalia\u2019s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has carried out a major assault on a military base in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. 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