Wed 05 August 2020:
Military official says 6 al-Shabaab terrorists were also killed during attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least eight Somali government soldiers were killed and several wounded on Wednesday when al-Shabaab terrorists attacked a military base in the southwestern Bay province.
Somali government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Oronjo told Anadolu Agency over the phone that al-Shabaab terrorists attacked a Somali national army base in Daynuney.
When a company of soldiers came under attack by al-Shabaab terrorists on Wednesday, a commander was among those killed, Oronjo said.
After the attack, a military vehicle carrying reinforcements was targeted in a roadside blast, wounding several soldiers, he added.
Ali Ibrahim, a military official, told Anadolu Agency that more than six al-Shabaab fighters were also killed during fierce fighting with the Somali army.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack via the internet.
Daynuney is a small town located 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Baidoa, the state’s administrative capital.
Al-Shabaab was behind a 2017 truck-bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu that took some 600 lives, the worst attack in the Horn of Africa country’s history.
By Mohammed Dhaysane | Anadolu Agency | FILE PHOTO
Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
