Somalia: Ten AU soldiers killed in ambush attack – Al Shabaab

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MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali armed group al Shabaab claimed to have killed ten Burundian soldiers with African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia known as ‘AMISOM’.

The group says its fighters carried out an attack on a military base manned by Burundian soldiers in Bal’ad town, killing ten soldiers.

Bal’ad, an agricultural town lies some 30km north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu,

There was no immediate comment from African Union mission over the attack carried out by the al Qaeda linked al Shabaab.