Al-Shabaab attacks an army camp in Somalia, dozens of soldiers 'killed'
Several Somali soldiers are feared to have been killed in a surprise attack by the al-Shabaab militant group in the north of the Horn of Africa country.
Anadolu news agency has reported the news and added that members of the terrorist group attacked the army camp in the village of Caad in the northern region of Mudug, causing a great bloodshed. The Somali authorities, without giving detailed information or mentioning the number of government soldiers killed in the attack, have explained that 'all sides' have suffered great losses in the agreement. This is in a situation where the terrorist gang has released information and claimed to have killed 191 soldiers after attacking the military base in Mudug region, with more than 1,350 soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA). Al-Shabaab has increased its attacks since Somalia's President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was elected for a second term last year, declared a "high-level war" against the group. Last week, the gang claimed responsibility for a large explosion that rocked Hamarweyne district in Mogadishu and killed three people. Members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group The terrorist group is carrying out these attacks to try to reduce the fire of operations against its members and strongholds, at this time when the African Union continues to remove the troops of the union (ATMIS) from the Horn of Africa country. The al-Shabaab terrorist group, which is linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network, has been carrying out bloody attacks in Somalia since 2007, in order to overthrow the country's government.
