By Bonny Apunyu, SomaliNet
Intense battle erupted on Saturday morning in Somalia in an area between Lego and Yaqbariweyne in the Bay region (south) when Al-Shabaab forces ambushed Ethiopian TPLF and Somali government troops heading to the capital, Mogadishu, residents said.
Sheikh Muqtar Robow Abu Mansorsaid, Al-Shabaab spokesman told reporters in a teleconference that their troops were responsible for the attack, claiming that they chased away the country’s troops and their Ethiopian Woyanne allies.
“This morning Allah’s forces waged an ambush attack against Allah’s enemy,” Abu Mansor said.
“One of our solders died and four others were wounded but we chased them and forced them to retreat,” he added.
Heavy weapons and machine guns could be heard in the surroundings, according to residents.
“Early in the morning we heard sounds of heavy weapons and we thought of a battle between Ethiopian TPLF and Islamist forces Somali Freedom-fighters” Anab Mumin, resident in Lego told APA by phone.
Abdirihim Hussein another resident near Yaqbariweyne told APA “I was near the battle area and I narrowly escaped. I thought I would die.”
South and central Somali regions have been the hardest-hit with insurgents’ attacks, including roadside bombing and guerrilla war against the government forces and their Ethiopian TPLF allies.
Somalia is plunged into anarchy since the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, when warlords used their clan based militias to remove him.
Thereafter , they started to fight one another as they could not agree on leadership.
As a result, many Somalians have died and others are displaced in their own country.-APA
3 thoughts on “Intense fighting erupts as Somali fighters ambush TPLF thugs”
Dear Elias,
A Simple example how you get out of reality! Now you started calling the Somali extremists as freedom fighters.
Original version reads:
“Early in the morning we heard sounds of heavy weapons and we thought of a battle between Ethiopian and Islamist forces” Anab Mumin, resident in Lego told APA by phone.
Elias’s version reads:
“Early in the morning we heard sounds of heavy weapons and we thought of a battle between TPLF and Somali Freedom-fighters Anab Mumin, resident in Lego told APA by phone.
Even the writer didn’t dare to present his report as you tried to manipulate.
By the way where is your education (where did you study)? I am doubtful that you have any formal higher education. I never came across to such cheap way of selling ones idea to the wider reader. Please go and get a short course about political journalism.
Guy you must be loosing your mind. You need to talk to a psychiatrist.
God help you!
Chaltu: its well knowned fact that elias changes the story and he has right to do so. Thoose you call for “extremist” We call them freedom fighters. Remmeber that is you that invaded a foregn nation and naturally of course you will pay the price. Tlpf and meles invaded somalia…can you see who is the extremist in this case? Thoose freedom fighters where no threat to woyaane but they are a threat now and they have a stronger base then before. They are rising up as a power in the horn.
kkk Chaltu you are so funny Elias is our Hero leave him alone. We love his style.He goes through your skin and burn you love it. Keep up Sir Elias.