(SomaliNet) Somali’s deputy minister of defense, Salad Ali Jelle, said on Wednesday his government had apprehended at least five terror suspects for several explosions in Mogadishu, the Somalia capital. He said the security forces were tracking down the perpetrators who staged the guerilla-style attacks against the government and Ethiopian military bases in the capital. “Our intelligence department is working actively in the capital and they have already reported suspects,” he said. | Mr. Jelle accused the attackers of targeting the civilians and being unable to hit the government positions. "They only want to show the world that there was a wide spread insecurity in Mogadishu," he said. |
Despite the series of explosions in the city, kidnapping people has also added great saddle to the existing crisis.
Meanwhile day before, unknown gunmen have kidnapped an officer working for Hormuud Telecom Company in the Somalia capital Mogadishu. Abdirashid Ali Aynanshe, the marketing officer of Hormuud telecom, was kidnapped when unidentified militiamen stopped his car and took him away to unknown destination. It is not clear why Mr. Aynanshe was abducted and it is not known his whereabouts.