{"id":432911,"date":"2011-05-30T15:16:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/30\/army-al-shabaab-clash-in-southern-town\/"},"modified":"2011-05-30T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:16:54","slug":"army-al-shabaab-clash-in-southern-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/30\/army-al-shabaab-clash-in-southern-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Army, Al Shabaab Clash in Southern Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"22.7293064877\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shabelle.net\/the-news-in-english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shabelle Media Network<\/a> (Mogadishu)<\/p>\n<p>28 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Luq \u2014 Bitter clashes broke out between Somali army and Al Shabaab fighters in Luq town in Gedo region in southern Somalia, reports said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters loyal to Somalia&#8217;s Al Shabaab, which controls large portions in southern and central Somalia, have launched premeditated attacks on government positions in the town.<\/p>\n<p>Reports emanating from the region suggested that the two warring factions have pounded each others heavy and light weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Residents said the echoes of artillery bombardments and heavy gunfire could be heard throughout the town of Luq.<\/p>\n<p>At least one person has been confirmed dead and two others injured in the combat. All victims were the combatants from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Diyad Abdi Kalil, Somali military officer in the region, told Shabelle that the fighting was very slight and has no scale.<\/p>\n<p>No immediate responses were available from Al Shabaab movement.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105302018.html\" title=\"Army, Al Shabaab Clash in Southern Town\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Army, Al Shabaab Clash in Southern Town<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) 28 May 2011 Luq \u2014 Bitter clashes broke out between Somali army and Al Shabaab fighters in Luq town in Gedo region in southern Somalia, reports said on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":423176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-432911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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