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Suicide car bomb in Somalia injures seven soldiers

The attack took place at a military base just outside the town of Kismayu in Southern Somalia. [Photo:Courtesy]

A suicide car bomb explosion at a military base in Somalia injured seven soldiers late Saturday, a military official said, and Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.

Al Shabaab fights to topple Somalia’s western-backed central government and impose its a rule based on its own strict interpretation of Islam’s Sharia law.

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