The Al Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia has carried out a major assault on a military base in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
Its fighters killed 61 government troops and seized 16 vehicles in the dawn raid, the group said.
A Puntland government minister has denied the high death toll, but did not give separate casualty figures. The al-Qaeda-linked group has carried out several big attacks on military bases in Somalia.