7 dead as Somali troops fight al-Shabab in town near capital
MOGADISHU- Somali police say at least seven are dead after hours of clashes as Somali and African Union troops pushed back al-Shabab extremists from a town near Mogadishu.
The attacks in Afgoye started when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Somali police station and African Union base. Gunmen then attacked military bases.
Capt. Abdullahi Ali, a senior Somali military officer, says troops have now fully secured the town and the extremists have fled.
