Somali insurgents attack Woyanne base

BBC

Somalis receive arms training (file pic) Some 40 forty heavily armed fighters have attacked an Ethiopian [Woyanne] base close to the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

At least four people died in the fighting, with heavy machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

The insurgents arrived in five vehicles and begin attacking the base, shouting “God is great,” an eyewitness said.

At least three civilians are reported to be among the dead, including a four-year old child.

Doctors at the city’s main hospital said one government soldier was killed.