In Somalia, 12 members of the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country were killed in a terrorist attack

In Somalia, during a terrorist attack in the suburbs of the city of Mogadishu, twelve employees of the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country were killed, and twenty more were injured. The militants activated a roadside IED on the route of the armored vehicles of the security forces. Responsibility for the attack was taken by Al-Qaeda-linked (banned in the Russian Federation) Al-Shabab group (banned in the Russian Federation).

A day earlier, the Somali Ministry of Defense said that during the CTO in the province of Middle Shabelle, the military eliminated more than a hundred terrorists, including twelve field commanders. At least sixty jihadists were killed in the province of Lower Shabelle. The security forces also freed the city of El-Dere from the participants in the logistics.