At least seven of Al shabab were killed and several others injured on Monday in a heavy fighting between African Union peacekeepers together with SNA troops against Al-Shabaab in outside of Owdhigle which is some 30kms in Owdhigle town in lower Shabelle region southern Somalia, officials said.

Spokesman for lower Shabelle region Mohamed Hussein Shino confirmed the incident to journalists that the Somalia National Army backed by the AMISOM forces wanted to recapture the region from Al shaba.

 

"Somali national army and AU forces have killed At least 5 al shabab in Owdhegle area which is now controlled by the government troops.

 

We killed seven of Al-Shabaab fighters and the fighting will still go ahead until they surrender the area to us,” Shino said.

 

The spokesman added the operation will continue until the insurgents are eliminated from the whole region. Somali National Army backed by the African Union Peacekeeping forces removed the Al-Qaida linked group of Al-Shabaab from many key towns in the south and central Somalia in the past two years.