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Somalia: Insurgents attack AU base in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—The Islamist rebels fighting for to topple the transitional federal government of Somalia have launched attack on the Burundian troops of the AU peace keeping mission in Somalia.
Locals say the rebels attacked Jalle Siad Academy, a base of the Burundian troops in south Mogadishu which is very near to the strong hold insurgent areas in Mogadishu.
The two sides have exchanged heavy gunfire and mortars and the fighting sparked in neighborhoods near Bakaro market in Mogadishu.
The exact casualties of the fighting are still unknown. Sporadic gunfire can be still heard areas near the base of the Burundian troops.
Al Shabaab has killed the commander of the Burundian troops and other 16 Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers in twin suicide attacks in the capital.
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