Somalia: Nine Shabaab suspects paraded in Mogadishu

Sunday, December 14, 2014

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The Somali ministry of National Security on Saturday paraded in front of journalists in Mogadishu nine Shabaab suspects rounded up during an operation launched by government troops and African Union forces in the capital.Mohamed Yusuf Osman, the spokesman of the ministry said the men were arrested from several hideouts spread across Mogadishu in a security sweep that left one of the suspects injured.

According to Osman, the detainees were suspected of giving orders to prospective al-Shabaab assassins in the capital and smuggling weapons into city for future terrorist attacks.

The ministry spokesman claimed a security crackdown in Mogadishu was being intensified to dismantle several militant hideouts which are blamed for the recent spate of killings and bombings in the restive city.

The latest crackdown comes days after a lawmaker and senior government officials were killed in Mogadishu which is still infiltrated by Shabaab militants despite losing some territory in Somalia.

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