Scores dead as Islamic State attacks military base in Somalia

FILE - A security officer walks in Balidhidin village in Puntland's Bari region, Somalia, on Jan. 26, 2025. Somali officials said on Feb. 11, 2025, that an Islamic State terror attack on a Puntland military base the night before killed almost 100 people.

Nearly 100 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded when members of the Islamic State terror group launched a deadly attack on a military base belonging to security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.