Somali National Army says several of the terrorists hideouts were destroyed.
Mogadishu,
The Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday that its elite Danab forces killed 15 al-Shabaab militants and injured several others in the country's southern Lower Juba region.
"Our forces killed 15 al-Shabaab militants, injured others and destroyed several hideouts in Lower Juba region," SNA spokesman Ali Hashi Abdi told journalists in Mogadishu.
Such operations will be sustained against al-Shabaab terrorists in Lower Juba and other regions, he said.
Al-Shabaab, an extremist organisation linked to al-Qaeda, has not commented on the latest security operation by government forces, which have intensified actions against al-Shabaab militants in central and southern Somalia.