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Somalia’s NISA says Al-Shabaab leader and three guards killed

By , based on Caasimada Online

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Somalia’s intelligence agency NISA says an operation in Middle Shabelle killed Al-Shabaab officials and several of their guards. The planned operation, announced from Mogadishu, targeted fighters from the armed group, according to Somali website Caasimada Online.

Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said it had killed an Al-Shabaab leader and three members of his guard in an operation carried out in the localities of Guulane and Al-Furqaan, in the Middle Shabelle region, according to a statement from the agency.

Another official from the armed Islamist group was wounded during the operation, which targeted Al-Shabaab fighters and commanders. Somali government forces and their allies attacked the leaders as they left a meeting held in the area, according to NISA. Danab forces have also carried out operations against the group in Somalia.

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