You will never break us, Somalia tells Al-Shabaab as police commander survives
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Somali federal government fired warning shots at Al-Shabaab militants just hours after an attack on a senior police commander, in recent violence reported by the al-Qaeda-linked group, which has is wreaking havoc in East Africa.
On Saturday, the terrorist group took responsibility for the attack near the Banadir intersection, which left five police guards dead, the police commander, Colonel Farhan Mohamud Adan alias Qarole, surviving the attack. murderous.
The group often targets senior government officials, security forces and sometimes innocent civilians in their cowardly attacks across the country. The group wants to overthrow the fragile Somali administration backed by the UN.
In a statement, FGS said: “The al-Shabaab terrorist group has once again failed to bring down the Somali people with its insidious attacks.” The government worked hard through the Somali National Army [SNA] crush the militants.
On the morning of July 10, at around 10:30 a.m., al-Shabaab targeted Colonel Farhan Mohamud Qarole with an improvised explosive device, killing 4 and injuring 9 others. The attack on Colonel Qarole’s life, like everything al-Shabaab does, ended in failure. Colonel Qarole is alive and doing very well, FGS said.
“The only thing al-Shabaab terrorists and criminals know is violence, however the Somali people will not let them destroy what we have worked so hard to create. With every vicious attack perpetrated by al-Shabaab against the Somali people, it makes us stronger in the fight against them, ”said Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe.
“Al-Shabaab will never break our will, never break our spirit and never take Somalia from us. Just like Colonel Qarole, Somalia will live to fight another day. Somalia will never stop fighting al-Shabaab. as long as we are not free from their persecution and violence, ”he added.
The attack came as the country is busy preparing for elections, which are due to start on July 25 in all five states and Somaliland. Security issues have been a concern, but African Union mission forces [AMISOM] are committed to giving security.
Al-Shabaab militants control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia, but have lost a number of territories in recent months as a result of operations backed by SNA troops. The group, however, is active in several parts of the country and collecting taxes for sustainability.
It comes as Northeastern State and Galmadug signed a pact that would allow them to fight militants in the Mudug region, prone to Al-Shabaab attacks. The US, UK and Turkey have formed Somali troops who will later assume security responsibilities once foreign troops leave in late 2021.
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