[Iran Press TV] Pro-government forces in Somalia have killed seven forces of Evil from a faction loyal to the ISIS Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
terrorist group in the northern parts of the African country.
Troops from Somalia's semi-autonomous 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...
region killed the forces of Evil on Saturday as they were advancing toward the port town of Qandala, which has been in the grip of the faction since last month.
According to Captain Mohammed Saiid, the head of a Puntland military unit, forces of Evil carried out an attack in the village of Bashaashin, some 34 kilometers from Qandala. He added that Somali soldiers seized the bad boys’ weapons and took full control of the village.
Saiid further said that ISIS-affiliated forces of Evil "retreated to a hill outside the village." He added that the troops would keep on pursuing the forces of Evil till they are eliminated them from Qandala.
The group is thought to be led by Abdiqadir Mumin, who broke away from the much larger al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
Takfiri terrorist group last year and pledged allegiance to ISIS.
The faction, however, has no known operational links to ISIS