MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Relative calm has returned to Somalia’s southwestern town of Marka after an attack on the town by Al-Shabab fighters, a local official said on Wednesday.
Marka district commissioner, Hassan Moalim Omar said the security situation is generally calm with isolated incidents of insecurity following last night’s Al-Shabaab attack on the town from different directions.
He said Somali forces foiled the Al-Shabaab attack on the town.
Mr. Omar pointed out that the military was vigilant and had the reports prior Al-Shabaab attack.
Meanwhile, Al-Shabaab fighters claimed to have killed over ten Somali soldiers in an attack on Marka town.
Al-Shabaab fighters previously launched attacks on military bases manned by Somali military and troops from African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Lower Shabelle region.
In 2014, Al-Shabaab lost control of the town, which is situated 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Mogadishu after Somali forces supported by troops from the Ugandan contingent of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) defeated the fighters of the group.
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