The latest suicide bomber targets military base in Mogadishu

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A suicide bomber has targeted a group of young men trying to join the Somali military. A suicide bomber detonated in the military base Wadajir district Tuesday morning, killing at least ten soldiers and injuring ten others., Reports indicate that more than 10 bodies have been removed and more injured. According to Somali official told Somali Times.

There was no immediate comment from the Somali federal government on the blast at the Gen. Abdullahi Yusuf’s training camp. Al-Shabab has previously carried out similar bombings in Mogadishu targeting trainees.

The Somali federal government recently said it was recruiting officers and deputies needed by the armed forces.