At least nine soldiers were killed in a blast at the same time in two camps of the Somali Army. Confirming the deaths, the army said that the attackers were also ‘heavily damaged’. The radical group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for this attack. Residents here said that these attacks took place in the Barre and Awadhegaleh villages of the Lower Shabelle area.
Please tell me that this place is 75 km from Mogadishu. Speaking to local media, the General of the Somali National Army, Odawa Yusuf Rageh, confirmed these two attacks, saying that al-Shabaab had suffered heavy losses and could not even carry the dead bodies of some of his commanders dead. He told that the army is chasing the runaway attackers.
Claims to have killed 47 government soldiers
The commander of the government’s infantry, General Mohammad Tahil Bihli, told the Associated Press that nine of our soldiers were killed and 11 others were injured. We killed 60 militants of Shabab in one place while 17 were killed near another camp.
At the same time, Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Musab said that the group killed 47 government soldiers. It is feared that the current political crisis in Somalia is strengthening the al-Qaeda-affiliated organization. President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed is under pressure to step down and the elections will not be held in February.
Five people killed in the February attack
In February, at least five people were killed in an attack by al-Shabaab rebels at a hotel in the Somalia capital. Early in the morning, the security forces had freed the hotel from the occupation of the rebels. Somali police spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali had said that more than eight hours of encounter with the rebels that had occupied the African Hotel lasted and that all four attackers were killed.
He had told that the rebels had fired grenades and rockets while trying to remove the police forces moving towards them. According to health officials, in addition to the death of five people, 15 others were also injured. Al-Shabaab also claimed responsibility for this attack. Somalia’s President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed and the Prime Minister condemned the attack.