At least four soldiers were killed and five wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb that insurgents said they planted exploded outside a military camp in a town near Mogadishu, officials said. "Last night, we repulsed the militants who attacked us. Al Shabaab, which has been waging an insurgency across Somalia, claimed responsibility for the bombing. "We planted the bomb last night. At least seven soldiers died," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the group's military operations spokesman, told Reuters.

Source: The Star January 24, 2017 09:57 UTC