Somalia announces the killing of 160 Al-Shabaab militants in recent security operations

 
The Somali government revealed that the recent operations of the National Army forces against the Al-Shabaab movement in separate regions of Somalia have inflicted heavy losses on the Al-Shabab movement affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

In a press conference in Mogadishu, the Somali Federal Government Information Minister, Dawud Aweys Jame, said that the security operations that took place in recent weeks in the states of Galmudug and Hirshabelle and southwestern Somalia led to the death of 160 militants from Al-Shabaab and the confiscation of weapons and military equipment for the movement.

Jama added that about 100 militants were killed in the border areas between Galgudud and Central Shabelle regions, while 60 others were neutralized in the “Govgudud Buri” area in Bay region.