Somali government said Wednesday it ha crushed Islamist rebels in the fighting has been continuing in the capital for the last three weeks.
Fierce fighting between government soldiers and Islamist insurgents has killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 70 people, mostly civilians, on Tuesday and Wednesday’s alone.
The information minister of the Somali government, Farhan Ali Mohamoud, held a press conference in Mogadishu and said that the government soldiers gained victory over the fighting in the capital and captured two police stations from the rebel forces.
The minister said Hisbul Islam al Shabaab rebels took off their clothes and ran away to far regions in the country and that some of them were planning to surrender.
He also condemned the gunmen who abducted Universal TV journalist in Mogadishu. Ibrahim Jekey, the director of Universal TV office in Mogadishu was kidnapped by masked gunmen armed with pistols late on Tuesday in KM 13 village outside Mogadishu.
Source: Mareeg
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