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2023-12-17 Africa Horn
Somalia Court hands down jail sentences against ISIS militants
[ShabelleMedia] A top military court in Somalia on Saturday announced prison sentences against convicted ISIS operatives held for terrorism charges.

Abdikani Aden Ali (Elmi) and Ahmed Ali Dirie (Moallim Ahmed), each received 8 years of imprisonment for playing role in Mogadishu attacks, according to court verdict.

The defendants were detained by security forces in October this year during an operation in Dharkenley District and held in police custody for questioning.

They fell to police hands while plotting kabooms in the capital. The capture of one carrying hand grenades in a plastic bag led to the arrest of the second who was in a Mosque waiting to take over the bombs.

The military court said the two have one month to appeal against the ruling, if failed they will serve the prison terms.

The ISIS branch in Somalia was established by a former al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
preacher Sheikh Abdulkadir Mumin in October 2015. The group is based in Bari region’s hills under 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...
Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-17 2023-12-17 01:09|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
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