Monday April 8, 2024
Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia's elite troops from the Danab contingent, supported by local militia forces, conducted a security operation in the Lower Shabelle region on Saturday night, killing a senior al-Shabab leader and several members of the group.
The operation took place in the Hanti wadag neighbourhood, where a senior leader named Zubeir, who served as the security chief of the al-Shabab group in the Lower Shabelle region, was among those killed.
A statement issued by the Federal Government stated that the Danab army also destroyed the group's positions in the area, vowing to continue such operations against the al-Shabab group.