WANLAWEYN,
Somalia Jun 1 2013 (terrorfreesomalia) – Al Shabaab and Somali government forces
backed by AMISOM troops clashed in the Lower Shabelle region on Friday night,
terror free somalia reports.
Local media in the region
reported heavy fighting Friday night after an attack by Al Shabaab fighter near
Wanlaweyn district in the Lower Shabelle region. According to sources, more than
10 people from the battling sides were killed in the clashes.
Local
sources said that there were a series of explosions and heavy artillery could be
heard Friday.
AMISOM said
that they countered the ambush by Al Shabaab forces who targeted government
forces rehabilitating a road that runs through the region in southern Somalia.
The African Union
forces said they captured Al Shabaab fighters in the clashes.
Al Shabaab
stated that they inflicted many allied casualties in the attack on Friday adding
that they destroyed an AMISOM military vehicle in the clashes.
Commander
of the AMISOM force Gen. Andrew Gutti stated that the
operations against Al Shabab would continue in the region as the allied forces
attempt to sweep Al Shabaab from the rest of their strongholds in the Lower
Shabelle region.
Al-Shabaab ambushed Somali government bases
2013/05/30 (terrorfreesomalia)
Fighters loyal to Al-Qaeda-allied Al-Shabaab group have on Wednesday night
raided bases of the Somali Federal government troops in Cel-Barde district of
Bakool region in southern Somalia.
Speaking to Bar-kulan, Huddur district commissioner Mohamed Ahmed Moalim said
that the Somali government troops resisted Al-Shabaab raid.
The raid is reported to have caused a heavy clash which has lasted for about
half an hour, though the exact causality is not yet known.
This is not the first time Al-Shabaab militant attacks Somali government
troops’ bases in Cel-Barde district of Bakool region.
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