17 killed as Al-Shabaab terrorists burn vehicles transporting passengers in Somalia

MOGADISH, Sept. 03 (YPA) – The al-Shabab militants killed at least 10 people last night and burnt seven trucks carrying food and other commercial goods to the Mahas district of the Hiran region, Somali National News Agency SONNA reported on Saturday, citing an an eyewitness

“The terrorists has burned several vehicles carrying commercial cargo on the road heading towards Mahas district in Hiran region,” the eyewitness said.

According to SONNA, at least 17 people were killed in the attack.

The heinous attacks by Al-Shabaab terrorists on the people who migrated from the drought-affected areas of Hiraan and Galgadud region has de-esclated since the start of anti terror operations carried out jointly by the government forces and the local people in those areas.

The al-Shabab group has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Somalia has been at war for years against al-Shabaab, which was founded in early 2004 and is an armed movement ideologically affiliated with al-Qaeda and has adopted numerous armed operations that have killed hundreds.

The group has controlled one of the 18 provinces that make up the country for 8 years after losing large cities to government and African forces, but it is active in rural areas south and center of the country.

E.M