Uganda sends land forces chief to Somalia after deadly attack on troops
Al Shabaab overran Buulo Mareer Forward Operating Base in Somalia and carried out a massacre of Ugandan troops.
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Al Shabaab overran Buulo Mareer Forward Operating Base in Somalia and carried out a massacre of Ugandan troops.
A Somali army captain expressed that both sides had suffered heavy casualties.
The massive raid comes as Shabaab is facing its biggest challenge to its rule and territory in over a decade.
Al-Shabab said it killed dozens of soldiers but there has been no independent confirmation of the group's claim - and more.
The militant al-Shabab group has carried out an attack on a Ugandan troops' base of the African Union Transition Mission (ATMIS). The base is in Buulo Mareer district, in Lower Shabelle region in Somalia. Buulo Mareer is about 110km (68 miles) from the capital, Mogadishu. The attack began shortly after morning prayers on Friday morning, according to BBC News. It started with a large explosion, believed to have been caused by an explosives-laden vehicle.