Al-Shabaab kills SNA commander in Southern Somalia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Al-Shabaab fighters have killed two soldiers including a commander and three others wounded on Monday when the group ambushed military convoy in southern Somalia.

Luuq Police commissioner, Diyaad Abdi Kaliil told Goobjoog News over the phone that Somali forces were ambushed as they left Luuq town and headed toward Yurkud town.

“A convoy carrying Somali troops came under attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on Monday as they left Luuq town in Gedo region and en route to Yurkud town,” said Kaliil.

He said Al Shabaab fighters and the soldiers have engaged in fierce gun battle that lasted for several hours prompting the death of a soldier and the commander of the convoy.

The group gunned down two soldiers including the commander of the convoy whose is Hassan Luuq,” said the police commissioner.

Al-Shabaab fighters are trying to topple the western backed Somalia’s government and in the past few weeks they have intensified attacks against government officials.

Since 2011, Al-Shabaab has lost their foothold in major ground in Somalia, including the capital, but continued their battle to overthrow the western-backed Somali federal government based in Mogadishu.