SNA captures over 20 al-Shabaab in Middle Shabeelle
At least
four al-Shabaab terrorists were killed and over 21 others captured during
operations in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, African Union peacekeepers said
Thursday.
Military
operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group were conducted by Burundian
forces serving under the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
and the Somali national army.
"In
the vicinity of Qoor Deere, four al-Shabaab terrorists were killed and weapons
were seized," AMISOM said in a statement on Thursday.
Outside the
town of Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State, at least 21
al-Shabaab terrorists were arrested, while others were killed in a shootout,
according to the statement.
"The
upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections are important to Somalia and we
are ready to secure them in our areas of responsibility," Burundi
contingent commander Brig. Gen. Telesphore Baranderaka said.
This comes
hours after the Somali army chief of staff, Gen. Odawa Yusuf Rageh, said
Thursday that Somali Special Forces had killed at least 20 al-Shabaab
terrorists in a military operation in of Lower Shabelle.
SNA captures over 20 al-Shabaab in Middle Shabeelle
Operation in middle Shabelle region conducted jointly by African Union peacekeepers, Somali national army