At least 70 members of the Sunni extremist group al-Shabaab were killed Sunday in a military operation conducted by the Somali National Army backed by local militias in north-central Mudug province.
The joint force raided al-Shabaab terrorist hideouts and gathering places in the town of Aad.
Somali Deputy Information Minister told local media that the operation led to the killing of some ringleaders of the terrorist group.
The operation comes a day after a truck bombing at an army checkpoint in the central town of Beledweyne killed more than 18 people, including 10 security personnel, and wounded more than 40 others.
