No fewer than 20 Al-Shabaab militants
were killed on Tuesday in a heavy fighting between Somali
National Army and the
militant group at a military base near Baidoa town in Bay region.
Somali National Army (SNA) Commander in
Division 60 based in Bay region, Ismail Shire, told newsmen that 20 Al-Shabaab
militants attempted to attack their base there were killed during the battle.
``Al-Shabaab militants attacked our army
base at Daynunay near Baidoa town in Bay region this morning, the SNA
overpowered and shot dead 20 of them on the spot,’’ Shire said.
He declined to say if there were
casualties on their sides.
However, Al-Shabaab militants claimed
victory in the attack in which the insurgents claimed to have taken over the
army base.
The group said that it captured the SNA
base of Daynunay and killed 10 government soldiers.
Baidoa town is the administrative
capital of Southwest state in Somalia.
The latest incident came after security
forces killed no fewer than six Al-Shabaab militants and captured three others
in Bur-hakabo town in Bay region this week.
According to government officials,
earlier this week six of the militants blew up themselves.
The militants have recently increased
their attacks against AU and Somali forces in the Lower Shabelle region, which
has seen a surge of attacks that resulted in the loss of several strategic
towns although the militants mainly held those towns briefly.
The AMISOM forces have also increased
airstrikes in southern Somalia in the recent past, resolving in the killing of
more than 50 militants late March.
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