Head of Al-Shabab finance killed in Somalia attack

[Deeq A.]

MOGADISHU (Caasimada Online) – African Union says its troops have killed head of Al-Shabab finance controller and 7 others in an attack in west of Somali capital Mogadishu.

The AU force in a series of tweets said its forces had warded off an attack by Al Shabaab in Barire town, some some 60km west of Somali capital Mogadishu

We have killed 8 militants, including “chief finance controller” for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group in Lower Shabelle”, the mission said.

There was no immediate comment from Al-Shabaab group over the claims made by African Union.

The Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab was pushed out of the Somali capital in 2011 — and subsequently other towns and cities — by soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia.

Somali has been without a central authority since the overthrow of the late ruler Mohamed Siyad Barre in 1991 when the country plunged into chaos and lawlessness.

Caasimada Online

Mogadishu News Desk

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