According to the state-owned media, the militants were planning to block the road between Beledweyne and Bulaburde district and stage an attack but the forces received intelligence in time and foiled the attack.<\/p>\n
“Their intention was to block the road between Bula-burde and Beledweyne towns. But they made a miscalculation, and ended up in fire,” the Somali news agency reported.<\/p>\n
The Somali forces backed by pro-government militia have liberated more than 40 villages and killed over 500 al-Shabab militants in the past three weeks in operations in central Somalia.<\/p>\n
The militant group has lost ground to the Somali government and African Union troops in recent months but still controls some territory in southern and central Somalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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