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Shabaab suicide bomber strikes AU base in Somalia: official

MOGADISHU, Oct 25 (APP/AFP): A Shabaab suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an African Union military base in central Somalia on Tuesday, a security official said. “There was a suicide attack targeting the Djiboutian military base in western Beledweyne,” said Abdullah Ibrahim, a local security official who added the number of casualties was not known. The Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.