Up to 46 Ugandan peacekeepers killed in double suicide car bomb attack by Islamist militantsDozens 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,section of the 22000-strong regional force in Somalia, died in the attack by the al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab movement in the town of Bulamarer, and 80 miles south-west of the capital,Mogadishu, at around 9am local time.
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Source: guardian.co.uk