25 members of the Al-Shabaab movement, including foreigners, were killed in the Bakool region of southwestern Somalia

 
On Tuesday, officials said that the Somali National Army killed 25 Al-Shabaab militants, including five foreigners, during an operation in the Bakool district of southwestern Somalia.

The Somali government confirmed the killing of gunmen in operations in the areas of the city of Wajid in the region but did not reveal the nationalities of the five foreign fighters.

The Wajid city commissioner, Muhammad Muallem Yusuf, told the media that some bodies of al-Shabaab fighters had been brought to the city.

The aim of the operation conducted on Tuesday was to prevent further attacks by Al-Shabaab militants who were planning to launch an attack on Wahid.