SOMALIA: Battles Around Mogadishu

terrorists and the recovery of a motorcycle, and other items used by the criminals," Abdullahi said.In other raids, the troops rescued 17 abductees from Tsibiri and Doka villages in Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara.On March 12th, the army rescued 30 kidnap victims in an operation in the Faskari LGA in Katsina State.Unknown gunmen abducted seven people, including women and children, in an attack on a village in Kaduna state on March 5th, privately-owned website Sahara Reporters said on March 8th.The website cited a resident of Anchuna village, Samuel Kukah, as saying the attackers shot at people sporadically before taking away the victims.In late February, gunmen had kidnapped 40 people in Kaduna.