MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Fierce in a single day clashes broke out between Somali authorities forces and Al-Shabaab militants in Elasha, a neighborhood simply 15 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, following an assault on a army outpost, residents and safety sources mentioned on Sunday.
The preventing, which raged for a number of hours, was triggered by a militant assault on the military place, sparking intense gunfire and explosions that reverberated throughout the world. Residents reported listening to sustained bursts of gunfire and blasts all through the night time. Casualty figures stay unverified.
The confrontation comes amid rising insecurity alongside the strategic Mogadishu-Afgoye hall. In latest weeks, Al-Shabaab fighters have been repeatedly sighted in Elasha, Hawa Abdi, and Lafole, the place they’ve established makeshift roadblocks, halted automobiles, and interrogated passengers with impunity. Residents say the militants have additionally reduce energy to avenue lights and ordered locals to extinguish out of doors lighting, signaling a tightening grip on the world.
The newest assault follows reviews of deteriorating army positions in Somalia’s central areas, the place nationwide forces and allied clan militias have been retreating in disarray. The collapse of frontlines has raised alarm over the safety of the capital, with comparisons drawn to the fast Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021. Nonetheless, the Somali federal authorities has dismissed such fears as unfounded.
Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked group designated as a terrorist group by the USA and different international locations, has waged a lethal insurgency towards Somalia’s internationally backed authorities for over a decade.
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