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Al-Qaeda affiliate bombs Turkish base in Somalia

Al-Shabab has attacked Turkey in the Horn of Africa country before due to Ankara's support for the Somali government.
Turkish army Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar (L) escorts Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheire during an inauguration ceremony of the Turkish military base in Mogadishu on September 30, 2017.
Turkey inaugurated the largest foreign-run military training centre in Somalia, where local troops are due to take over the protection of a nation threatened by Shabaab Islamist attacks. / AFP PHOTO / Mustafa ABDI        (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA ABDI/AFP via Getty Images)

A suicide bombing killed three people at a Turkish military base in Somalia today. It was claimed by an al-Qaeda-linked group.

The bomber pretended to be a trainee at the Somali-Turkish military academy in the capital Mogadishu. Security guards shot the bomber, creating an explosion that killed the bomber and two Somali civilians, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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