Al Shabaab counter-attack inflicts losses on Somali troops

FILE PHOTO: A Somali police officer looks from the broken windows of the Pearl Beach Restaurant following an attack by Al Shabaab militants at the Liido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An attack over the weekend by al Shabaab militants against Somali army troops waging an offensive against them left dozens of soldiers wounded and an unknown number killed, soldiers involved and hospital officials said.

The raid targeted troops in the town of Cowsweyne, which had been captured from the al Qaeda-linked militants days earlier as part of the largest offensive against al Shabaab in years.