MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – At least seven people including government soldiers have been killed and several were wounded following heavy fighting between Somali military and al-Shabaab fighters in southern Somalia.
According to Somali military officials, heavily armed al-Shabaab fighters have stormed the camp belonging to the national intelligence and security agency (NISA) in Dhobley town of the Lower Jubba region.
Five al-Shabaab fighters and two government soldiers have died in the fighting. Al-Shabaab fighters were defeated and went away with casualties. The camp is under the control of the government forces,” Mohamed Ali Osman, a military officer told the state-owned media.
The officer also claimed that the government forces recovered weapons and ammunition.
The attack comes Somali forces stepped up operations against al-Shabaab fighters in central and southern Somalia.
Somalia with the help of troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has been fighting to liberate towns and villages under the control of al-Shabaab fighters.
The allied forces managed to drive al-Shabaab out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu in 2021 after days-long fighting with the group’s fighters.
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