Truck bomb explodes at Ethiopian base in Somalia

Shopkeeper Abdullahi Ali said Tuesday that he saw a truck with the back covered in black cloth or tarpaulin speeding toward the base in the town of Beledweyne and then heard a large explosion.

Resident Ali Hussein says he can see smoke rising from the base but that Ethiopian troops have cordoned off the area and the extent of casualties are unclear.

The number of dead or injured from Tuesday morning