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Car Bombs Shake Somali Military Base, Deaths Reported

Residents and military officers said a government military base in south Somalia have been struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday.

A military officer said the bombs exploded outside the base after troops behind sandbags fired at them during the mid-morning attack in Awdheegle, an agricultural district along the Shabelle River, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

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