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40 terrorists killed in violent clashes in Somalia

The Somali Armed Forces Commander, General Adwa Yusuf Raji, has announced that the army forces have killed three leaders and 37 terrorists of Al-Shabaab Group, affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

The Somali Armed Forces Commander, General Adwa Yusuf Raji, has announced that the army forces have killed three leaders and 37 terrorists of Al-Shabaab Group, affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

Raji said that the clashes took place in the Abal region on the outskirts of the Bakool region in southern Somalia, noting that among the dead was a youth militia official in the city of Hadr.

Government forces have intensified operations against Al-Shabaab extremists in the southern regions, but the militants still hold swathes of rural areas in those regions conducting ambushes and planting land mines.

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