MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – US Africom on Saturday handed several armored vehicles to Somalia’s elite forces in a bid to intensify the fight against al-Shabaab fighters.
According to the military owned, 16th DANAB Brigade of Somali National Army known as (Lightning Brigade) will use vehicles to enhance the operations and the capability of SNA in their fight against militants.
The development comes a day after Danab special forces foiled an attempted attack by al-Shabab during a sting operation in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia.
In Jilib Marka, a village in Lower Shabelle, Danab commandos detonated a vehicle packed with explosives, which al-Shabaab intended to use to carry out attacks in Mogadishu.
Officials said that the troops raided on Shabab fighters who were hiding in the opposite direction.
Al-Shabaab now control rural areas in south and central Somalia.
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