One less potential suicide bomber in America.
(LWJ) — Shabaab claimed that an American citizen was one of two suicide bomber who were part of an assault team that attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu yesterday.
Two suicide bombers “disguised as Somali Army troops,” according to an African Union press release, and an estimated 10 heavily armed fighters attacked the base Uganda and Somali troops based at the German Steel Factory in northern Mogadishu on Oct. 29.
The result of the Shabaab attack is unclear. The African Union claimed the attack “failed” and “the suicide bombers blew themselves” up before reaching their targets. “The extremists were unable to take control of the AMISOM position,” the press release stated.
But witnesses in Mogadishu claimed that several African Union and Somali troops were killed during the fighting. Shabaab claimed it killed 80 Ugandan troops, including the base commander, while overrunning the base.
“The Mujahideen have today stormed an AMISOM compound, killing 80 Ugandan soldiers,” Shabaab said in a statement released in English on the pro-Shabaab website Somali Memo. “In a fierce battle that lasted over two hours, the Mujahideen have yet again dealt another fatal blow to the African Crusaders. Two martyrdom seekers infiltrated the AMISOM compound — the former metal factory — situated along the Industrial Road, near Mogadishu Stadium, and where divisions of the Ugandan soldiers and TFG militia were based, successfully killing the commander as he addressed the Ugandan forces along with several other soldiers.”