Somali special forces danab,and regional jubbaland dervishes on Friday repelled an al-shabab attack in the horboole village,lower jubba region.Seven militants,including two key senior leaders,were killed in the operation conducted 12km outside harboole.
The two senior leaders were identified as the head of the explosives unit,an expart in mines and explosives and the group’s medic and head of health.
A brief statement from the somali military command declared,’The alshabab militants who tried to attack the harboole village once again been a taught a lesson they cannot recover from by the danab and jubbaland heroes.’’Recovered weapons were displayed to the media and shared on social media.
Jubbaland president ahmed madobe,currently in afmadow district to bolster military operations,was warmly received by the local community.His visit aims to accelerate the ongoing successful offensives against alshabab.
Last week,significant battles in bullo haji and harboole saw the army defend the towns from alshabab,who had launched attacks following their initial capture by somali and jubbaland forces in febuary.Over 200 alshabab militants were killed and a significant cashe of weapons was seized.
Source:halqabsi News