Somali Military Kills 50 Al-Shabaab Fighters in New Operation: Somalia AlShabaab soldiers militants army conflict
A statement issued by Somalia's national army command Saturday says the army's planned operation against the militants took place in the village of Darul-nicim in the country's Middle Shabelle province.
"The Somali National Army, with the help of local people, have killed around 50 Khawarij in an operation in the village of Darul-Nicim in the Middle Shabelle region and other villages under Adan Yabal district," said a short statement by the army posted on Twitter on Saturday evening.The operation comes a day after Somalia's deputy information minister, Abdirahman Yusuf Omar Al-adala, said the army had killed at least 88 al-Shabab fighters in the same province within 48 hours.
Jeyte spoke to Somali security personnel and local clan militias Saturday after visiting several villages on the outskirts of the central town of Beledweyne, the provincial capital of Hiran region. He said the government would give a $10,000 reward for every al-Shabab militant killed.
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