Somalia’s al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed at least 25 soldiers, a claim dismissed by the Somali military.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s militant rebels have killed at least eight soldiers in an ambush in the country’s south, said a military official. Two other soldiers are missing after an attack on a military convoy traveling between the towns of Afoye and Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle region, Col.
