At least four Al-Shabab fighters have been killed and one fighter was captured alive after fierce fighting between Somali Army and Al-Shabab early Tuesday morning in Bardhere town, a military official has confirmed.
Heavily armed Al-Shabab fighters launched dawn attack on military base in Bardhere town of Gedo region of Southern Somalia.
Col. Mahad Ali Warsame of Somali National Army (SNA) said the fighters raided the base from different directions.
“Al-Shabab fighters have attacked our base shortly before dawn prayer,” said Warsame.
He said the military repulsed the attack after one-hour long fighting.
“The fighting ended at 6: am, Al-Shabab fighters fled away after they were defeated and they incurred casualties,” said Warsame.
The military official confirmed the deaths of four Al-Shabab fighters and one soldier.
” We killed four Al-Shabab fighters during the brawl and on our side, We lost one comrade,” he affirmed.
One of Al-Shabab fighters was captured during the attack on SNA base, according to colonel Warsame.
” We captured one fighter alive, we also seized weapons and ammunition. The man was taken into the custody of the security forces,” said Warsame.
The attack comes barely two days after Al-Shabab carried out simultaneous attacks on Bali-Khadar and Moqokori military base in northern and central Somalia respectively.
According to the government forces, dozens of Al-Shabab fighters were in those two attacks.
On Monday, Somali military announced that they killed the top commander of Al-Shabab fighters in Moqokori town.
The military officials identified the leader as Hussein Madey alias MAMA.
Three other ringleaders of the group- Ahmed Ali Fidow, Muhyiddin Mohamed Kaysane and Haji Daud Ali were eliminated in the attack in Moqokori town.
The government did disclose the exact of three conservative attacks in Moqokori, Bali-Khadar and Kulbiyow towns which all took place late last week.
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