The Mujahideen Youth Movement claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted a military base in the Somali capital (Mogadishu) on Tuesday morning, killing at least 15 recruits and wounding dozens.
A statement issued by Al-Shabaab said that one of its fighters carried out an operation at the base, at a time when a group of what it called militias was gathering in the place, adding that it killed more than 40 people and wounded more than 50.
Reuters reported that dozens of people gathered outside a government hospital in Mogadishu to search for their relatives missing in the attack, and the agency quoted the conscript Ahmed Ali, who was hit by shrapnel in the head, as he lay in the hospital, as saying, “The place was crowded with new recruits and soldiers. when the explosion occurred.