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Two Somali special forces soldiers were killed and a US officer seriously wounded in a car bomb on Monday outside the force’s base in the country’s south, a regional Somali government official said.

According to a report by Al Arabiya, Mohamed Ahmed Sabriye, director of communications of Jubbaland state palace spoke to Reuters and confirmed the deaths.

He said the suicide car bomb had exploded outside the special forces base.

Two other people were also wounded in the attack in Jana Cabdalle village, some 60 km from the port city of Kismayu.