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The Minister of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Osman Abukar Dubbe held a press conference spoke strongly about the heavy fighting that took place last night until this morning in the Beled-Hawo district.
The minister revealed that the government troops in the border were attacked by rebel militants and Kenyan forces together, but the fight, saying that military equipment was delivered. He also pointed out that the insurgency organized by Kenya and the foreign forces that invaded Beled-Hawo had been defeated, according to the statement.
“Finally, I congratulate the Somali people on the defeat of the insurgents and their foreign forces,” he said.
Osman Abukar Dubbe went on to say that about 100 soldiers from the attacking militia had been captured in the battle of Beled-Hawo, adding that they could not present them, as they were misguided Somali boys.
‘I would like to present here the defeat and the arrests of nearly 100 detainees from the Kenyans and militia,’ he said.
Lastly, he underlined that the invasion of the Somali National Army had resulted in civilian casualties, and that mortars and mortars had been supplied by foreign countries to the rebels who had destroyed civilian neighborhoods, and confirmed the deaths of 5 children and their mother.
The situation in Beled-Hawo is currently relatively calm, but there are still conflicting movements on the outskirts of the town in the Gedo region.