A senior Somali National Army (SNA) officer was among 17 soldiers killed by Al-Shabaab in Afgoye town on October 14.
Reports from the region indicate that Lieutenant Colonel Abdalla Ali Mire was with SNA troops when Al-Shabaab militants attacked them.
The government soldiers were attacked while on a security patrol at Bullalow, which is just outside Afgoye Town.
Afgoye Town is roughly around 30kms away from Mogadishu.