At least four Al-Shabaab militants were killed in a fighting between the Somali National Army backed by the African Union Peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) troops and the militants in areas close to Elbur town in Galgudud region, central Somalia on Thursday.The Somali army further injured 30 members of the Al Shabaab group in twin attacks, said military sources.
Colonel Mohamed Mohamud Saney confirmed that his troops destroyed two positions of Al Shabaab in the central region of Galgaduud. For nine years, Al Shabaab has controlled this community of Adan Yabaal, some 200 kilometers north of the capital city of Mogadishu.
The Al Shabaab terror group was kicked out of Mogadishu by the African Union allied forces in 2006. Al Shabaab, which seeks to overthrow the Somali government, is confronted in the south of the country by an offensive led by the Somali army and the African Union troops