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Eighteen people were killed when Islamist terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked an army base in southern Somalia, a local official said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong the dead were 14 militants and four soldiers, who had been manning the army base in Bakol province when al-Shabaab attacked with heavily armed vehicles in the early hours of Monday,\u2019\u2019 Mohamed Abdi Toll, the governor of Bakol, told dpa via telephone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe terrorists attacked the army base from three different directions before overrunning it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack is over and our troops recaptured the base this morning, killing 14 militants,\u2019\u2019 Toll said.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab said on pro-insurgent radio station Andalus it had killed 10 soldiers, seized the base and looted military equipment and weapons.<\/p>\n

The jihadist group is affiliated with the international al-Qaeda terrorist network and launches regular attacks within the volatile East African nation.<\/p>\n

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