At least 12 terrorists of Al-Shabab group killed in Somalia

Mogadishu, December 2: We have killed twelve terrorists in the attack says General Ahmed Mohamed Tredishe, commander of the Somali National Army in the region.

 

At least two Somali soldiers and 12 militants were killed Friday when al-Shabab militants attacked a convoy in central Somalia, according to a senior regional official. Militants ambushed a convoy carrying the Hiran regional governor, Ali Jeyte Osman, and other top military officials, near Hees Village, about 80 kilometers northwest of the regional capital, Beledweyn.

“In this attack we lost our two brave soldiers” says the commander. The governor and others traveling with him survived the attack and continued their travels, he added.

Meanwhile, militants loyal to the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group are said to be fleeing northward toward Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region.

"We have received reports of movements by armed al-Shabab militants fleeing from U.S. strikes in and around the region from southern Somalia," said Tredishe.

Simultaneously, the Somali National Army and African Union troops have conducted smaller operations to flush out al-Shabab militants from their main supply routes close to Mogadishu, ahead of a larger-scale offensive promised by the Somali government.