Somali National Army has killed nearly two dozen al Shabaab terrorist in Gandarshe near Marka town Somalia. according to military sources, the fighting flared up in Gandarshe area near the town after Somali army forces launched a military offensive against Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab.
Somalia’s Lower Shabelle governor, Mohamed Ibrahim, confirmed the military offensive was meant to flush out the remnants of Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab in the region. The operation is expected to continue until the group’s fighters are eradicated and to branch to other parts of Lower Shabelle.
Al Shabaab group has been driven out of many urban areas since 2011 following joint military offensives carried out by African Union forces and Somali National Army forces. The group still controls territory in rural areas and carries out gun attacks and bombings on military and civilian targets in the war-ravaged nation.
