Nov. 6 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Agents of the Somali secret services (NISA) have killed 21 militiamen from the jihadist group Al Shabaab and wounded ten more in an operation carried out this Sunday in the Middle Shabelle region.
The Somali government has reported the attack in an official statement explaining that the secret services had information about the presence of Al Shabaab and that its members were preparing an imminent attack.
“The planned operation has neutralized the terrorists who were plotting to kill Somali citizens,” the government statement said.
In the last four days, the Government has reported the death of at least 200 Al Shabaab militiamen in military operations, a figure that has not been verified through independent sources.
These advances have allowed the Army and the clan militias to expel the jihadists from strategic locations in the center of the country, which could affect the group’s financing capacity.
