Italian and Somali security forces guarding the scene of the attack on an Italian military convoy in Mogadishu. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters
Daily Mail: Al-Shabab suicide bomber and gunmen attack US drone base in Somalia at the same time as Italian peacekeepers are ambushed in Mogadishu
* Suicide bomber in a car blew themselves up at gate to Belidogle military base
* Gun attackers then flooded inside but have been pushed back, officers claimed
* Meanwhile suicide bomber also attacked convoy of Italian troops in the capital
* Blast missed the soldiers but injured several Somali citizens nearby
Al-Shabaab jihadis have launched twin attacks on US and Italian troops in Somalia.
A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up at the gates to a US drone base at Belidogle, in the south of the country, on Monday before gunmen swarmed inside.
Meanwhile a suicide bomber attempted to blow up a convoy of European Union peacekeepers in the capital Mogadishu.
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More News On Today's Al-Shabaab Attacks In Somalia
Extremists launch 2 attacks on military targets in Somalia -- ABC News/AP
Somali militants attack US drone base and European convoy -- The Guardian
US military base, Italian military convoy attacked in Somalia -- Al Jazeera
Somalia: Jihadists attack US Baledogle training base -- BBC
Somali attacks hit EU military convoy, US base -- DW
Car bomber hits US military base in Somalia -- The Hill