Somali National Army (SNA) troops killed two militants in the Bay region.
The military officers were in the region conducting a counterterrorism operation.
They engaged the Al-Shabaab militants in a fierce shootout that led to the deaths of the two.
Military sources revealed the identities of the two as Abdullahi Aliyow and Najib Abdisalan.
Aliyow and Abdisalan have been responsible for extorting civilians in the area for a long time.
