Blast kills over 60 Al-Shaabab fighters in Somalia village
This handout picture released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team on August 30, 2014 shows Ugandan soldiers, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia, marching through the town of Golweyn in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on August 30, 2014, after having liberated from Al-Shabaab fighters. PHOTO | AFP
More than 60 Al-Shabaab militants, including foreign fighters, were killed in an explosion at a village about 65 kilometres west of Qoryooley in southern Somalia, the army said in a brief statement on Tuesday.
The Somali National Army (SNA) said that the Al-Qaeda-allied terrorists died in the blast which took place at their compound in Ala-Futow village in the Lower Shabelle region after the bomb which was being assembled exploded.
