Al-Shabaab Attack Kills 46 Ugandan Soldiers In Somalia

Up to 46 Ugandan peacekeepers killed in double suicide car bomb attack by Islamist militants

The Guardian: Al-Shabaab attack kills dozens of Ugandan soldiers in Somalia

Up to 46 Ugandan peacekeepers killed in double suicide car bomb attack by Islamist militants.

Dozens of Ugandan soldiers are thought to have been killed when Islamist extremists attacked their base on Sunday in the latest of a series of bloody strikes against peacekeepers in Somalia.

Local officials told the Guardian that as many as 46 Ugandan troops, part of the 22,000-strong regional force in Somalia, died in the attack by the al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab movement in the town of Bulamarer, 80 miles south-west of the capital, Mogadishu, at around 9am local time.

Ugandan officials have said only four soldiers were killed in the attack, which was repulsed with heavy casualties among the extremists.

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WNU Editor: There are some claims that 59 Ugandan soldiers were killed .... In Somalia, Shabab Attacks Leave Ugandan Peacekeepers Dead (New York Times). Ugandan officials are claiming that only 4 of their soldiers were killed while they killed 22 Al-Shabaab fighters .... 22 Al Shabaab militants killed in Somalia (IBTimes).