(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Somali security forces killed 136 al-Shabab militants, including
three senior commanders, in a special operation conducted in
southern Somalia on Saturday night, a government official confirmed
on Sunday, trend reports citing xinhua .
Deputy Minister of Information Abdirahman Yusuf Al-adala said
the government forces backed by international partners carried out
a joint operation at a forestry area near Janale Town where the
terrorists had gathered.
'About 100 al-Shabab fighters were injured in a well-coordinated
operation. The government is committed to eradicating terrorists
throughout the country,' Al-adala told journalists in the Somali
capital of Mogadishu.
He said the three commanders who were killed in the operation
were in charge of guerrilla attacks and other group's terror
activities in Lower Shabelle Region.
Al-adala added that the joint forces destroyed al-Shabab's
battlewagons which were carrying weapons.
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