Somalia: Al-Shabaab Operative Killed in Nisa Raid in Lower Shabelle Region

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Senior ATMIS, Djibouti and US officials inspect one of twenty-four Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) donated by the U.S. to boost operations in areas under the security responsibility of Djibouti Armed Forces serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). The handover ceremony took place in Mogadishu, Somalia on 3 August 2022.
4 July 2023
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

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.

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