African Union peacekeepers and Somalia’s government forces on Friday have arrested over thirty people in a joint security operation in Buurdhubo town.A government official, Abdi Osman, confirmed the swoop was carried out on Friday morning.
“Somali National Army with support from AMISOM conducted a joint security operation to flush out Al-Shabaab fighters here in Burdubo town today. Thirty suspects were arrested, while a number of weapons were recovered weapons during the operation. We believe that those netted are Al-Shabaab fighters,” Osman said.
He said the suspects, who are being held in custody, will be questioned with a view to getting more information from them which could lead to the arrest of their colleagues who are still at large. Al-Shabaab group has over the years engaged the AU soldiers and the SNA in near daily battles, especially in remote areas of the regions bordering Kenya.Although the group has lost key towns in the south and central Somalia in the past three years, it still carries out deadly bomb attacks in main towns, including the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu.