Somali forces kill over 49 Al-Shabaab fighters in Lower Shabelle 

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somali government has said that several members of the Al-Shabaab militant group were killed in an airstrike in the Lower Shabelle region.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Information of Somalia said that over 49 terrorists were killed and several others injured in the planned operation by Somalia’s special forces and NISA operatives, backed by international partners.

“The militants were killed in the Bulo Madina area, where they had converged to plan terrorist activities against the Somali people,” read the statement by the Ministry of Information.

The operation also successfully destroyed the group’s armor and armored vehicles used by the militants to carry out their terrorist activities..