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October 21, 2020, 3:55 PMMogadishu, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The Somali Army killed 19 members of the radical Islamic group al-Shabaab and destroyed a base of the insurgent entity in the southern province of Bay, military sources reported Wednesday.
The recent military operations against al-Shabaab are part of the Army’s efforts to cleanse various areas of this territory of extremists, said the senior military chief, who described the current campaign against the militants of the aforementioned terrorist formation as successful.
Meanwhile, the radical entity claimed responsibility for an attack with explosives in Mogadishu, perpetrated on Tuesday, which left two civilians dead and several injured, the digital newspaper Garowe Online reported.
The violent action of al-Shabaab, linked to the terrorist group al-Qaida, is part of a plan by that entity to further destabilize this country in the Horn of Africa ahead of the presidential and legislative elections, which will be held from December . 2020 until January 2021.
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