Five Somali soldiers were killed and nine wounded when men dressed in military uniforms opened fire at an unauthorized checkpoint. Three Shabaab fighters were killed and another injured in a premature detonation in Galgaduud on April 4. The military said Shabaab attacked a base in Hiraan earlier this week on the outskirts of Bulobarde. Security forces arrested two senior Shabaab operatives in late March; one is said to be a trainer with the group’s Amniyat intelligence unit, and the other is thought to be behind the 2009 attack on the Halane compound in which 20 AMISOM troops were killed. Shabaab publicly executed three alleged “spies” in Barowe on March 28.
