Mogadishu (Sunatimes) At least 80 injured al-Shabaab militias have been taken to Baidoa, the regional headquarter of Bay region, after they were injured in the fight that took place in Elwak district of Gedo region.

A witness and a resident in Eel- elan village which is 40 km west of Bardhere town, who asked to remain anonymous has confirmed to Bar-kulan that five vehicles laden with injured militias of al-Shabaab have been transported to Baidoa.

The witness added that the injured were first passed at Bardhere but later moved to Baidoa. The witness said that the militias have sustained heavy losses in the Elwak fighting.

The injured were mostly young men who were taken from Mogadishu after the militias moved out of the city.

It is not yet known how the injured are holding up with their injuries.

By Fadumo Farah