MOGADISHU, Somalia — Al-Shabaab militants launched a pre-dawn assault on a Somali Nationwide Military base within the Conflict-Gaadhi space, below the Masjid Cali Gaduud district within the Center Shabelle area, early Thursday, officers mentioned.
The assault started with a sequence of explosions, adopted by an intense firefight between Somali authorities forces — backed by native Ma’awisley militia — and the militants.
Masjid Cali Gaduud district commissioner, Salah Omar Haayow, informed Shabelle Radio that Somali forces efficiently repelled the assault and inflicted casualties on the insurgents.
“Our forces pushed again the Al-Shabaab fighters, and the group suffered losses in the course of the first part of the battle,” Haayow mentioned, noting that the precise variety of casualties couldn’t but be confirmed.
The Somali Nationwide Military has not but issued an official assertion relating to the incident.
The assault comes only a week after the same raid by Al-Shabaab on a navy base in Aadan Yabaal, additionally within the Center Shabelle area, the place dozens of presidency troopers have been reportedly killed.
The repeated assaults underscore the continuing menace posed by Al-Shabaab, as Somali forces proceed their operations to reclaim territory in central Somalia.
