Rebels attack WFP compound in southern Somalia

Suspected Islamist rebels attacked a U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) compound in southern Somalia, witnesses said on Monday, but U.N. guards fought back and shot dead three of the assailants.

One U.N. official said about 10 heavily armed men attacked them overnight in Wajid, 70 km (40 miles) northwest of Baidoa. (Reuters)