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Somalia: Troops Kill 10 Al-Shabaab Militants
2021-03-04
[AllAfrica] Somali National Army's(SNA) elite forces on Tuesday killed ten al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
bully boyz and injured several during a special operation near Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State in Somalia.

Hassan Mohammed Osman, Commander of Commandos Unit 7 told SNA Radio Mogadishu the operation was conducted following an intelligence report about an imminent al-Shabaab attack targeting local residents.

"We killed 10 terrorist bully boyz and injured several others in a successful military operation in which we conducted Gambole location about 48 Km to Jowhar town in middle Shabelle region in Hirshabelle State this morning", said Osman.

He did not clarify whether there were casualties on SNA's Commandos division during the operation.
Related:
Jowhar town: 2019-06-10 Gunmen Kill Local Administrator In Southern Somalia
Jowhar town: 2018-10-17 Al-Shabaab Launches Attack On Jowhar Town, Kills One Soldier
Jowhar town: 2018-03-04 Somali Troops Retake Balad Town From Al-Shabaab Militants. Yet again.
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