Deadly clash kills 3 soldiers near Mogadishu

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MOGADISHU – Heavy fighting broke out between Somali national army soldiers and Al Shabaab fighters in Balcad town, some 30km north of Mogadishu.

 

The fighting flared up when fighters armed with RPGs, grenades and machine-guns launched an ambush attack on government soldiers’s vehicle near Bal’ad town.

 

Three soldiers plus a military officer, colonel Mohamed were killed and another soldier also injured when a military vehicle was hit by an RPG near town.

 

Somali-based group of Al Shabaab claimed to have killed a senior military officer in the attack, saying other soldiers had also been died.

 

There was no immediate response from government officials over the claims made by Al Shabaab.