Reports from Mogadishu say that Al-Shabab militants fired a number of mortars which landed at Halane fortified base in Mogadishu.
Reports say that five mortar shells hit inside Halane base.
It is not yet clear if the mortar shells caused casualties as far as the attack is concerned.
Others struck villages nearby the base including Wadajir in Banadir region.
The sound of the mortar shells could be heard in the districts of Banadir region.
Warning sirens blared across Adden Adde Int’l airport.
Security agencies have not commented so far on the mortar shells attack at Adden Adde airport and Halane fortified base.
Halane base houses AUSSOM, UN and Int’l agencies.
The situation is clam and work is smoothly underway at the airport and the mortar attacks did not have negative impact.
No group has claimed the responsibility of carrying out the attack but similar attacks were carried out by the militant group of Al-Shabab.
