al shabaab evicts from Barawe, reports say

Reports from sources in Lower Shabelle region of Somalia indicate that al shabaab , an Islamic radical group affiliated with AlQaeda evicted peacefully from their main stronghold of Barawe.

Witnessess who spoke to a local radio station in Mogadishu said that this evictions comes after al shabaab received the information that government and AMISOM forces were approaching to Barawe.

Reports also said that al shabaab officials told residents in Barawe that their pull out is a military tactic and that they do not wish fighting inside a populated area .

Al shabaab has initiated a new base in Anbareysa neighborhood near Barawe, as said by a local resident in Bulo district.

Neither al shabaab nor Somali government official did not comment on the latest developments.

Barawe which a strategic local was under the control of al shabaab simce 2006.

Somalireport24.com