18 al-Shabaab men killed in Somalia operation
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – At least 18 al-Shabaab men were killed in military operations in central Somalia, the army said on Thursday.
A key base used by the group was also destroyed in raids by the Somali military in Buq Aqable, a district in the Hiran region.
The operation successfully targeted “stations, offices and other terrorist sites” in the Buq Aqable area, which is about 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of Hiran’s capital Beledweyne, according to an army statement.
These were “strategic” assets that al-Shabaab used to organize attacks on Somali forces and civilians, it added.
The latest operation comes days after the Somali military said it killed 100 al-Shabaab terrorists and freed 20 villages in a major offensive in three states.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who took office this May, has declared a “total war” on al-Shabaab after last month’s deadly hotel siege in the capital Mogadishu – a 30-hour attack that killed at least 21 people and injured nearly 120 others.
Somalia has been grappling with increasing insecurity for years, with al-Shabaab being one of the main threats in the Horn of Africa country.
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