More than 30 Al-Shabaab militants killed in Middle Shabelle region 

GOOBJOOG NEWS|KISMAYO: The Somali government has announced the successful takeover of Hawadley, a strategic area in Middle Shabelle, by security forces following a special operation aimed at weeding out Al-Shabaab from the region.

A statement by the Somali government said the army, with support from local milita, killed more than 30 terrorists, including three of the group’s ringleaders, namely; Maadey Madobe, Hamali Kalombe, and Mukhtaar Gabigoor.

The statement added that some terrorists were killed while trying to escape in their vehicles.

The government has termed Haladey, a town about 30 km away from Balcad city, and 40kms north of Mogadishu, an important supply route through which the terrorists used to cross from the Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions and where they would converge to plan terrorist activities against the Somali capital, Mogadishu.