SOMALI MILITARY KILLS 30 AL-SHABAB MILITANTS IN SOUTHERN REGION
MOGADISHU (XINHUA) - The Somali military confirmed on Thursday
(Sept 26) its forces have killed 30 al-Shabab militants and injured 40 others
in an offensive in the country's Lower Shabelle region on Wednesday.
Hassan
Aden Hashi, deputy commander of the April 12 Unit of the Somali army, told
journalists that the forces carried out a planned operation on a base used by
the militants in an area between El Salini and Dhanane villages in Lower
Shabelle.
"Our
forces inflicted heavy casualties on the militants during the operation. We
killed 30 of them and injured 40 others," Hashi said, adding that the
forces also seized three battle vehicles and detained some members of the
terrorist group during the offensive.
Local
inhabitants said there was an intensive gun battle in the town which lasted for
several hours.
The
latest military offensive came four days after government forces killed 13
al-Shabab militants in a gun battle in the same area.
The
southern regions of Somalia have become a battle ground of government forces
and al-Shabab after the militants were chased out of the capital city of
Mogadishu in August 2011 by African Union forces and the Somali army.
Source: The
Straits Time – 26 September 2019
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