Tag: Al-Shabaab
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U.S. military kills al-Shabaab leader who helped plan Kenya base attack
A senior al-Shabaab leader who is believed to have helped mastermind the terrorist group’s deadly attack on a Kenyan military base in January has been killed in an airstrike, the US military’s Africa Command (Africom) said. Three Americans – two contractors and a soldier – were killed during the Jan. 5 attack on the Manda…
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Al-Shabaab gunmen kill cleric, 14 others for insulting Prophet Mohamed
Al-Shabaab gunmen and a suicide car bomber struck a religious centre in Central Somalia on Monday, killing a cleric and at least 14 of his followers, a police officer said. The Islamist militant group had accused the cleric of insulting Prophet Mohamed, which he denied. The group was forced from Mogadishu in 2011 in most…
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Al-Shabaab stones to death woman accused of having 11 husbands
Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents stoned to death on Wednesday a woman it accused of having 11 husbands, residents of a town in the south of the country said. Residents of Sablale town in Lower Shabelle region gathered to witness the stoning of the woman, Shukri Abdullahi, 30. “Shukri Abdullahi and nine husbands, including her legal husband,…
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Al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu leaves at least 22 dead
At least 22 people were killed in an attack by militant group al-Shabaab in Mogadishu on Friday, security officials and medical sources said. Twin car bombs were used in the attack near the Somali capital’s presidential palace, which was followed by a fierce gun battle between the attackers and the security forces. The first blast…
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Kenyan police arrest six terror attack suspects sponsored by Somali militants
Kenyan police says it has arrested six men it suspects of planning an attack sponsored by the al Shabaab militant group from neighboring Somalia. In recent weeks, the East African nation has lost 20 officers in various attacks, mostly on deserted roads in the vast northern region bordering Somalia, in which the militants used Improvised…
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AU, Somalia condemn terror attacks, vow to fight extremism
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and African Union (AU) top envoy on Monday condemned Sunday’s Mogadishu seaport attack in Somalia and vowed to defeat extremists as death toll rose to 29. Mohamud in a statement called on security forces in the country to be on high alert to prevent any other attacks noting that innocent…