Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabab killed at least 19 civilians in a night attack and burned seven vehicles food transport in bewilderment region in Somalia on Saturday morning, the state media Local officials said on Saturday.
The attack It comes two weeks after al-Shabab has waged a long insurgency against The Somali state is besieging a hotel in The capital is Mogadishu for 30 hoursleaving 21 people dead and 117 wounded.
At least eight sources said vehicles they were traveling on intercity road of Baldwin and Mexas when rebels intercepted them, burned them and killed the passengers on the night of Friday to Saturday in the village of Afar-Ardoud.
Terrorists massacred innocent civilians who They were traveling… last night. We don’t have the exact number of Victims, but 19 dead The bodies of the ‘Local Clan’ were collected elder Abdullah Hareed told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“The dead The bodies are still being collected, including women And the children. they may be more Governor Ali Getty said of bewilderment region where is the attack Event.
“This was horrible attack This never happened in our region. These were innocent civilians who You did nothing to deserve this,” added Another local clan leader, Muhammad Abd al-Rahman.
Young , in In a statement, they said that they had targeted fighters from a local clan that they had helped recently government And they killed 20 militiamen and these who They were transporting material for them, “Destroy the Nine of they vehicles.
Local fighters and security forces recaptured several villages from al-Shabab in The region in late August.
Ali Qudlawi, President of The state of Hirschapel, where attack took placea statement offering condolences to the loved ones of the victims and promising to continue the “purification operations” region of Young.
“the only way We have to unite fight and liberate our country from them. I call Society should not feel discouraged,” said his counterpart in Jubbaland State, Ahmed Madobe.
‘everybody-out war’
terrorist group She was fighting the internationally backed Somali Federation government Since 2007.
It was paid out of The state main Cities, including Mogadishu in 2011 but remains serious security threat in large areas of The countryside.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected in May after a protracted political crisis, promised to launch “everything”out War “to eliminate al-Shabab after the Mogadishu hotel attack.
The face of the bloody siege international Conviction from partners, including the United States, Britain, Turkey and the United Nations.
After Mahmoud’s election, President Joe Biden said he would bring the United States back military Presence in Somalia for fight Young.
The Pentagon had recommended move, given the rotation system of Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, regards him as too risky and ineffective.
