Al Shabaab confirmed it was behind the attack.

Source: https://realnewsmagazine.net/somalias-al-shabaab-recaptures-base-it-lost-to-military-offensive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=somalias-al-shabaab-recaptures-base-it-lost-to-military-offensive

It comes after Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said a military offensive against al Shabaab would attempt to eliminate the al Qaeda-linked group in the next few months.

Source: https://raxanreeb.com/influencers-in-somalia-are-devastated-after-tiktok-was-banned-in-the-country/

Not long after, local residents of Buulo Mareer also reported that Shabaab briefly took control over the town itself, patrolling through the streets and looting local Somali military posts in the town after assaulting the base.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/05/shabaab-overruns-ugandan-base-in-somalia.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shabaab-overruns-ugandan-base-in-somalia

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has pledged to wipe out al Shabaab within a year.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12911079/US-citizen-Karrem-Nasr-arrested-terrorism-charges-trying-join-Somalias-al-Shabaab-threatening-bomb-America-support-Hamas.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab group has been fighting for more than a decade to topple Somalia’s government and establish its own rule based on its own strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1735462/three-dead-after-african-peacekeeping-mission-helicopter-crashes-in-somalia