...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...attacks in Somalia, a senior member of the al-Qaeda linked group surrendered over the weekend to government soldiers as the country struggles to contain
The government troops have intensified a crackdown against the bully boyz in the Southwest region where the bully boyz have been waging persistent attacks against civilians, security forces, and senior government officials.
State-owned Radio Mogadishu, citing unnamed military officials reported that a senior Somali National Army [SNA] official said a seasoned bad boy who had been behind attacks within Baidoa, the regional administrative capital of Southwest, surrendered to the national army.
Although his name was not immediately made public, it is believed the bad boy has been coordinating attacks on behalf of al-Shabaab in the region for the last five years. In the past few years, a number of bully boyz have been surrounding the government.
For the last one week, al-Shabaab bully boyz have killed over 60 people mainly civilians and security forces. In Mogadishu, ten people died following a kaboom at the airport while at Beletwyene, over 50 people died.
Reports from Beledweyne indicate hundreds of those who were maimed are yet to be treated after hospitals were badly damaged. At Af-Urur village in the Bari region of Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
, over 12 al-Shabaab bully boyz and four soldiers died during the exchange of fire.
Al-Shabaab has heightened attacks during the busy electoral calendar in Somalia, with the US blaming politics for the latest incidents. A number of people also believe some of the attacks were targeting politicians including Amina Mohammed Abdi, an MP who was killed last week.
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