Afgoye (Smn) — Somali Intelligence forces conducted an operation against Al-Shabaab in Barire and Sabid, Lower Shabelle region in response to rising raids on SNA and AU bases.
NISA said the troops killed Al-Shabaab and seized his AK-47 riffle during the covert operation that comes weeks after militants attack UPDF base in Bulo-Marer town.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in the May 26 al-Shabab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers.
“NISA carried out a planned operation in Macalinka village located between Barire and Sabid within Lower Shabelle region, and killed an Al-Shabaab fighter,” reads the statement.
The Intelligence agency added that the operation will continue in the region with attempt to flush out Al-Shabaab and avert their plots to carry out attacks in Lower Shabelle region.
The region is among the areas, where Al-Shabaab has bases and often conducts attacks targeting Somali and AU military bases as part of its insurgency aimed to topple the FGS.