Somalia's al-Shabab attack Ethiopian base in Beledweyne

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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Islamist militants have launched a suicide truck bomb attack on an Ethiopian military base in central Somalia, witnesses say.

Al-Shabab says it killed 10 Ethiopian soldiers in the attack in the town of Beledweyne but this has not been confirmed.

Ethiopian forces seized Beledweyne from al-Shabab earlier this month.

Kenyan troops have also entered Somalia to battle the al-Qaeda linked group which still controls many areas.

A guard fired at the truck as it approached the base, witnesses say.

The driver then set off the bomb, and much of the government building taken over by the Ethiopians has collapsed, they say.