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| Federal Govt forces and Al Shabaab clash in Mogadishu | |
| 2013-12-16 | |
| MOGADISHU -- At least seven persons from the opposing sides died when Al Shabaab militants attacked a military base in Araf neighborhood of Mogadishu's Yaqshid district late on Saturday night, Garowe Online reports. Local reports say that heavily armed
A spokesman for Federal Government of Somalia said they have repelled a planned Al Shabaab attack. He told that seven people were killed in the attack but he didn't give further comments on the casualty figures on both sides. Al Shabaab military operations spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu-Muscab said in a recorded statement that the ambush was part of a series of attacks on Mogadishu military bases. "Our militants targeted government troops base and killed soldiers and commanders. They have returned to their positions after the operation," he noted. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |