Al-Shabaab targets airport in Somalia’s Jowhar city

The Somali-based terrorist group, al-Shabaab, targeted the Jauhar city airport with mortars on Thursday, a local official confirmed and anadolu news agency Report.

Jauhar is the provincial capital of Central Shabele, 90 kilometers (55 mi) north of the capital Mogadishu.

talking to anadolu agency Over the phone, Abdi Ahmed, a local administrator in the area, confirmed the mortar attack, but declined to say whether there were casualties.

“The AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) soldiers told me that the attack had caused some damage,” he said, without giving further details.

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The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted Burundian peacekeepers working under AMISOM and “white” soldiers based at the airport.

Last month, al-Shabaab attacked a Buloburde airport, killing one person and injuring five.

The group also claimed on Wednesday that it attacked a Kenyan Defense Forces convoy near the town of Ras Kamboni in the Lower Juba region, killing several Kenyan soldiers.

Ras Kamboni is a small town located 747 kilometers (464 mi) south of Mogadishu.