7 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed By Somalia Forces

Seven members of the dreaded Al-Shabaab Militants have been killed by Somalia forces.

In an operation on Thursday in Garbaharey, a town in Somalia’s southern region of Gedo, a government official confirmed on Friday the death of the seven militants.

Adam Abdi Hirsi, the operations commander of Garbaharey said that the army got intelligence of the militants’ presence in villages in the town.

“Our forces advanced to areas where the militants were hiding and we killed seven Al-Shabaab fighters during a fierce confrontation with the militants,” said Hirsi.

The latest incident came amid sustained operations by the Somali army against Al-Shabaab fighters in central and southern regions where the militants are still in control of the rural areas, conducting ambushes and planting landmines.