Al-Shabaab claims credit for mortar attack on AU base in Mogadishu

[Deeq A.]

Several mortar shells landed at the heavily fortified Halane base camp which houses AU forces headquarters in Mogadishu on Sunday evening.

A source within the facility told Radio Shabelle the shelling hit the facility and that there were a number of casualties.

The militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility noting it fired 9 mortar shells.

The attack comes barely two weeks after a similar one in March.

A foreign national was reportedly injured in the shelling.

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