Somali army kills 8 al-Shabaab militants

By Mohammed Dhaysane </p> <p>MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali special forces killed eight al-Shabaab militants overnight in the country’s Lower Shabelle region, state media said Tuesday.</p> <p> “Somali security forces conducted an overnight operation in Daru Salam village in Lower Shabelle and killed eight members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group,” the Somali National News Agency reported.</p> <p>Adow Mohamed, a Somali National Army captain in Lower Shabelle, confirmed the operation to Anadolu Agency by phone.</p> <p>“Our special forces alongside our international partners conducted an operation against al-Shabaab in Daru Salam in the Lower Shabelle region after we received intelligence and killed eight al-Shabaab fighters,” Mohamed said. </p> <p>Meanwhile, al-Shabaab claimed it had killed one U.S. serviceman and wounded two others.</p> <p>U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia, have not commented on the incident so far.