Somalia: Northeastern State crushes ‘terrorist network’ behind murder
GALKAYO, Northeastern State – By maintaining their effective and targeted war on terror, Northeastern State security forces inflicted a heavy blow on al-Shabaab in recent operations launched following a series of terrorist attacks.
In the last few months, Northeastern State troops have intensified the offensive against the al-Qaeda subsidiary, where they have successfully crushed 7 terrorist networks operating in the province for more than a decade.
The army snatched dozens of militants and their protagonists responsible for at least 30 targeted killings of security force members, journalists, governors and other senior Northeastern State officials.
Mudug Regional Police Commander Moomin Abdi Shire confirmed to Axadlethat the detained militants include Feisal Ahmed Bashir alias Gujis, 31. He was born and worked in Galkayo as a technician.
Shire added that Bashir has joined Al-Shabaab in 2008. He has been trained in Elasha Biyaha areas on the outskirts of Mogadishu and participated in several battles in the south before returning to his hometown.
The police officer said Bashir was a well-known figure among the community and regularly visited public places to escape the radar from the security services. But eventually he was caught after a tip-off.
“He was a smart operator who worked with Al-Shabaab for money, not for an ideology. We could not have arrested him without getting his information from his accomplice in prison, ”Shire said.
Bashir committed his first murder in Galkayo in 2008 shortly after completing training. He was popular on social media and posted photos and statements on his Facebook account in support of the Somali government.
He then proceeded to carry out assassinations by killing Abdulkadir Jama Nugal, a former Mudug regional prosecutor targeting the Al Aziz Mosque, and Abdi Ka’an, a senior Northeastern State intelligence official.
Following police questioning, Bashir and seven other militants were arrested in Mudug and Ayn courts, beating them to death and imprisonment for killings and explosions in northern Galkayo since 2008.
Major Awil Warsame Mohamed, the lawyer’s Advocate General, who announced the verdict, has identified the names of the other Al-Shabaab convicts facing the firing squad as follows:
Sahal Abdullahi Jama, 32, lived in Galkacyo and worked as a driver, Idris Mohamed Afyare, 25, born in Mogadishu, lived in Galkacyo and worked as a shop owner, Salman Mohamud Saleban [Abdulkadir Alfarisi], 22, lived in Galkacyo and worked as a bakery owner, Jama Muriidi, 20, born in Bula-Marer, Lower Shabelle region and worked in Galkacyo as a Tuk-Tuk driver.
Jama, who took his education in Galkayo, has been charged with complicity in the murder of Omar Dheere, trade union leader, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdulle, the administrator of the village of Israac and journalist Abdirizak Ali Abdi (Silver) was shot dead in November 2014 and worked for HCTV and Daljir Radio.
Afyare joined Al-Shabaab in 2008 and was a key member of the group’s hit group. He killed four people, a security guard, Hassan Yare, a local trader and a top army Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Dhegaweyne.
Saleban, who joined Al-Shabaab in 2009, trained in Galgalato south of Galkayo. He was involved in the killing of six people, including Hassan Hussein, an elder, and Bashir Abdi Garas, Mudug regional prosecutor.
Mohamed, who joined Al-Shabaab from Batulo-Mareer in 2009, reportedly moved to Galkayo in 2016, where they carried out three murders of Farhan Jeemis Abdulle, a journalist who worked for Radio Daljir killed in May 2012, and Mohamed Jama , an elder.
All incidents were recorded in Galkayo, located about 750 km north of the capital Mogadishu. The city, which has witnessed deadly attacks, stretches across the border between Northeastern State and Galmudug states.
Terrorist Al-Shabaab has regained control of Ba’adweyne near Galkayo this week from Galmudug and SNA forces as militants intensify attacks in Somalia after the US military stopped airstrikes since pulling hundreds of troops out of the country in January. Trump order.
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