At least five soldiers have been killed and more than 15 wounded after a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform blew himself up inside a military base in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, witnesses have told the BBC Somali service.
The Al-Shabab militant group, which is linked to al-Qaeda, said it was behind the blast.
In a second attack, a government official was killed by a bomb planted in his car in Mogadishu, Reuters news agency reports.
The attacks come the week after President Mohamed Abdullahi Faramajo’s declared war on the group and offered a 60-day amnesty to militants to surrender.
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