The Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab militants, early on Monday 19th August 2019 attempted to stage an attack on Somali federal government forces military base in Bariire town in Lower Shabelle region of Somalia.
According to officials from the FGS, a small group of heavily armed Al-Shabaab fighters attempted to breach into a Somali army’s military base in the area but the forces have successfully repulsed them.
General Odowa Yusuf Yusuf Rage, the commander of Somali armed forces, told government media that they have repulsed the attack and killed 20 Al-Shabaab militants.
The attack prompted hours of heavy fighting between the Somali army and heavily armed Al-Shabaab fighters.
Al-Shabaab has in the past recent weeks increased attacks targeting government’s military bases in the country’s southern region.
