Somali forces arrest three al-Shabab militants
Somali security forces have arrested three al-Shabab militants in the Amniyat, al-Shabab's intelligence wing in an operation in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday evening.
Mohamed Abdullahi
Tulah, deputy mayor for security in the Benadir region told journalists in
Mogadishu that three al-Shabab militants were apprehended Sunday in an
offensive conducted by Somali national forces in Wadajir district in Somalia's
capital.
"Our forces
nabbed three al-Shabab extremists as they were trying to assassinate female
member of electoral delegation committee," Tulah said.
He noted that they
will intensify their operations against the extremists. The militants paraded
by the government pleaded guilty and asked the people to forgive them.
The arrest comes
as assassinations in Mogadishu increased. On Feb. 20, militants shot Mohamed
Mursal, a Somali deputy attorney general, while on Feb. 24, suspected al-Shabab
fighters gunned down Osman Elmi Boqore, a member of federal parliament in
Mogadishu's Karan district.
On Thursday
evening, the al-Qaida linked group al-Shabab launched an attack on Makka
Al-Mukarama hotel in the capital, killing at least 36 people and injuring more
than 60 others.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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