The federal government of Somalia said, security forces have successfully concluded a more than 7-hour-long siege of al-Shabab militants at a residential building in the east of Mogadishu.
According to the ministry of information, at least 10 people were killed by Alshabab and seven were injured, including four security personnel who were involved in the operation to end the siege.
The government said the victims were innocent civilians and “martyrs.”
In a statement the ministry said four militants behind the attack were killed. The militants raided a care home for members of the pro-government forces who have been injured in military operations in central Somalia.
Since August of last year, Somalia government forces supported by locally mobilized fighters known as Ma’awisley have been conducting military operations against al-Shabab, which drove the militant group from vast territories in the central regions.
Al-Shabab has been carrying out retaliatory attacks against local community elders and commanders who have supported the federal government.
