MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali military has seized a strategic village in the Middle Shabelle region following clashes with al-Shabaab fighters.
Somali military officials who spoke to the state-owned media said its forces recaptured Masjid-gadud village.
The development comes hours after the Somali military confirmed the death of an al-Shabaab senior leader in central Somalia.
According to a statement, Somali forces killed Sirad Omar Ga’al who was head of an al-Shabaab financial department in Hiiraan region.
Ga’al along with another ring leader identified as Derow were killed in the fighting which took place in Moqokori town.
The forces also recovered weapons and medical kits left by the group’s fighters.
The Somali military has recently intensified operations against al-Shabaab in south and central Somalia.
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