MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali military has killed Al-Shabaab administrator in Lower Shabelle region following security operations.
According to Somali National Army chief, Odawa Yussuf Raghe, the forces managed to clear al-Shabaab fighters from villages.
“The soldiers killed number of fighters including commander administering villages,” he said.
The administer was ruling Awdhegle, Mubarak and Darusalam villages.
The chief added that the forces will intensify the operations aimed at flushing out the militants who have been fighting to topple the internationally-backed government.
The latest offensive came barely two days after suicide car bomb killed eight people and 14 others were injured.
The attack was claimed by al-Shabaab.
The government forces have stepped up operations against al-Shabaab extremists in southern regions in recent months, but the militants still control swathes of rural areas, conducting ambushes and planting land mines.
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