The attack comes two weeks after Al Shabab terror group besieged a hotel in the capital Mogadishu for 30 hours, leaving 21 people dead and 117 injured.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud promises to eliminate "ruthless" Al Shabab terror group, in his first address to the East African country since the deadly hotel siege left 21 people dead and more than 100 wounded.
"Security forces have ended the siege now and the gunmen are dead," says a security official, after Al Shabab terrorists stormed Hayat Hotel, leaving some 20 people dead and sparking a 30-hour standoff with government forces.
Al Shabab militants stormed Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least 20 people and injuring 40 others, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with Somalia's security forces.
Teedaan village in Somalia's central Hiran region was reportedly liberated in ongoing operations.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pays two-day official visit to Türkiye for the first time since assuming office in May.
Al Shabab terror group claimed responsibility for the attack which left at least 4 dead and several others wounded.
Tuesday's pre-dawn attack on the camp began with a car bomb, followed by a furious firefight that is believed to have killed at least 10 Burundian soldiers and 20 Al Shabab terrorists.
Six killed and seven other people were wounded after the explosion said a health official as the attack was followed by sporadic gunfire, according to a witness.
Gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital, Interior Ministry says, blaming Al Shabab terror group for attacking government facilities.
Cafe patrons, who included both soldiers and civilians, were sipping tea when a man in an explosive vest detonated at a tea shop opposite a Somali military training camp in capital Mogadishu.
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