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| Dozens rounded up in Mogadishu as forces search for Al Shabaab | |
| 2013-05-27 | |
| MOGADISHU -– AMISOM and Somali authorities rounded suspected Al Shabaab agents in a morning raid in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district on Saturday eventually release most of the suspects, Garowe Online reports. The joint operation conducted by Somali government forces and AMISOM forces carried out Saturday morning occurred in the neighborhood of Bulo Hubey where men all ages were rounded up and taken to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) located on KM4 road. According to local sources, authorities were searching every home in that neighbourhood thoroughly as they arrested dozens. “I have never seen a search like this; they came into our homes and arrested all the males including the young and old. They were all taken to the police station,” said Muhubo Abdi who sons, nephew and uncles were taken to the CID headquarters in Mogadishu.
Sources told GO that many men were released within a few hours of being arrested. AMISOM and Somali authorities have promised to improve security after a bloody courthouse massacre last month in which over 30 people were killed and 50 injured. Al Shabaab declared that they exited the city of Mogadishu in 2011 but have steadily carrying out attacks in the war-torn city since then. According to security analysts, although security has improved drastically in Mogadishu, the threat of Al Shabaab is still prevalent. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |