Four Al-Shabaab fighters killed in security operation in Bakool region

Somali armed forces have killed four Al-Shabaab fighters in a security operation in tBakool region in southern Somalia, authorities said Friday morning.

Armed forces conducted the operation on Thursday night in areas near Diinsoor town, said South west Minister of disbarment and rehabilitation of militias, Hassan Hussein.

“The forces killed four Al-Shabaab fighters and recovered grenades including an artillery gun which they were using. Our forces are still in the area,” Hussein.

The minister said while conducting the security operations to flush out they engaged shoot out with handful of Al-Shabaab in Misir village in the outskirt of Diinsoor town.

Al Shabaab group ruled large parts of Somalia until 2011, when it was driven out of Mogadishu by AU and Somali troops.

It still control some rural areas and carries out frequent attacks in the capital and other areas in its attempt to dislodge the Western-backed government.