Authorities Somalia They claimed to have killed around 30 alleged Al Shabaab members this Thursday.A group affiliated with the terrorist organization Al Qaeda is carrying out an operation in Galmudug province within the scope of attacks against the group.
“In an operation planned by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) with the help of its international friends (…) 30 Al Shabaab members, including militants and leaders, as well as foreigners, were killed and 20 others were killed,” the agency formerly known as reads a statement posted on his profile on X, the social network known as Twitter.
NISA stated that they carried out the attack in the Gal Hareeri region, which is the “main” core of the armed group’s operations in the central region of the country, and stated that the places where the attack was made were a radio station and a workshop. troop bombs, the financial center of the region and numerous buildings where the leaders of the armed group lived. “In this operation, a strong attack was carried out against Al Shabaab; among the members of the group was a foreigner working in the media field,” the statement said.
Somalia has increased its attacks against Al Shabaab in recent months With the support of local tribes and militias, it is part of a series of decisions taken by president Hassan Sheikh Mahmud, who promised to put the fight against terrorism at the center of efforts to stabilize the African country as soon as he took office.