April 5, 2021 MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia’s army said on Saturday that soldiers had killed scores of Al-Shabaab gunmen who attacked two key military bases, while police said five civilians died in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu. In a particularly bloody day for Somalia, where the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab launches regular attacks against government and civilian targets, both sides claimed they had inflicted heavy casualties on the other. Death tolls could not be independently confirmed. In the early hours of the morning, Al-Shabaab targetted the military bases in the towns of Awdheegle and Bariire – some 30 kilometres apart. Both are forward-operating bases in the fight against the extremist group.