Nearly 100 Al-Shabaab members killed in central Somalia

 
The Somali National Army Command provided more details about an operation in an area in the south of Mudug Region, in central Somalia, where ongoing clashes are taking place between the army and Al-Shabaab fighters.

Army forces carried out the operation, which was a combination of air and ground strikes, near the “Jih Jika” area, where Al-Shabaab had dug defensive trenches.

The Somali National Army said in a statement issued: About 100 militants were killed in the operation, and a car carrying a number of Al-Shabaab leaders was destroyed.

The statement added: “In the coming days, the operation will end in the Mudug region, and all terrorists will be removed from the places they now control.”