18 “Al-Shabaab” members killed in military operation in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Aug. 13 (YPA) – The Somali army announced on Sunday the killing of 18 members of the terrorist “Al-Shabaab” organization in a security operation in Lower Shabelle Governorate, southern Somalia.

Local media reported that the national army, in cooperation with the “international friends of Somalia,” conducted a planned military operation in the Balad Al-Amin and Balad Al-Karim regions of Lower Shabelle Governorate after receiving information that members of the terrorist Al-Shabaab militia were gathering secretly on farms in these areas.

Meanwhile, the armed forces announced that they have fully taken control of the areas where the operation took place and are conducting combing operations to track down the remnants of terrorist elements.

YPA