MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Not less than 10 mortar shells struck Somali safety drive bases within the strategic city of Afgoye, roughly 30 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, as Al-Qaeda-linked militants intensify their offensive within the area.
The barrage precipitated a number of casualties, together with troopers and officers, amongst them a high-ranking navy official recognized as Hussein Haji Mohamed.
Unverified studies counsel that Banadir regional police commander Moalim Mahdi was current within the focused space on the time of the assault. Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group waging a chronic insurgency in Somalia, swiftly claimed accountability for the assault.
The assault underscores the group’s rising menace within the space after seizing three close by cities in current weeks. Safety analysts worry Afgoye—an important agricultural hub and a vital gateway to Mogadishu—may very well be Al-Shabaab’s subsequent main goal.
The militants have already escalated their presence alongside the important thing street linking Afgoye to the capital, establishing unlawful checkpoints to go looking autos in a brazen present of drive.
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