A suicide bomber has blown up a car at an army base in Somalia, local police have said.
Officer Mohamed Farah did not say how many people may have died in the blast in the town of Afgoye, which had recently been taken from insurgent control.
He said the bomber detonated the car after soldiers intercepted the vehicle and started shooting at him.
Witnesses said they heard a large explosion followed by billowing smoke.
Afgoye was recently liberated from the control of an al Qaida-linked militant group.
African Union and Somali troops seized the town on the outskirts of Mogadishu from al-Shabab militants after three days of fighting last month, marking the biggest victory over al-Shabab since the pro-government forces took control of the capital last August.
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