UPDF-AMISOM, Tuesday captured the strategic town of Balaad, 30km north of Mogadishu and a strategic route to central Somalia besides rich in farmland that is a bread-basket for most of Somalia.
Early Tuesday, the UPDF recovered 32 VHF radios, nine Motorola walkie-talkie radios with 36 batteries and 24 charging systems, 22 sub-machine guns plus their magazines and 2,800 bullets.
A Mark 4 gun, one Uzi gun, one 82mm recoilless gun, six RPG shells and five fuses, one 35mm automatic grenade launcher gun, a 12mm gun and 16 improvised explosive devices.
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