Sunday September 9, 2018
At least four Somali soldiers were killed and four others injured Saturday in an al-Shabab attack at a checkpoint in southwestern region of Bay in Somalia, officials said.A military commander who requested not to be identified told Xinhua the attack happened in the early hours of Saturday in Makuda village on the outskirts of Baidoa in Bay region."They (al-Shabab) attacked our forces and we responded in a heavy gun battle. We lost four soldiers during the fighting while four others were injured but we inflicted heavy casualties on them," the military official said.