Gedo regional administration said that one Alshabab fighter was killed in an operation carried out in one of the areas in the region.
The 48th battalion of brigade 10 in section 43 of the Somali National Army have conducted a planned operation in the outskirts of Burdubo district after reports saying that Alshabab were in the area.
The Burdubo district commissioner Mr Abdirahman Ibrahim Muhumed confirmed the information saying the operation was meant to clear some the fighters who crossed into the area while hiding.
Mr Muhumed added that the army repulsed and recovered equipment and goats from the fighters but so far there are no independent reports on this issue.
