Senior Shabab leader killed by Somali Army
A military officer reported on Monday that the Somali National Army (SNA) killed a senior Shabab operative and arrested two others in an operation in the Middle Shabelle region.
According to Abshir Mohamud, the SNA commander for Unit 3, the army carried out a planned operation on Sunday along the road connecting the towns of Balad and Jowhar in southern Somalia, inflicting casualties on the militants.
“During the operation, our forces killed a senior Shabab commander in charge of planting landmines in the Middle Shabelle region,” Mohamud said, adding that the forces also killed Mohamud’s bodyguard and captured two other senior Shabab leaders.
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While Somali government forces have increased operations against al-Shabab in the south, the militants still control some rural areas in those areas, where they execute ambushes and plant landmines.
