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| Africa Horn |
| Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys' home raided |
| 2014-05-27 |
| MOGADISHU -- Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officers have raided a home housing former leader of the now defunct Hisbul Islam insurgents and Al Shabaab terror group Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, seizing his laptop, TV and mobile phone, Garowe Online reports. Following an audio recording provided to Somali media by Aweys aides, Independent sources tell GO that Mogadishu-based security agencies have been tracking Aweys who was placed under house arrest near the heavily fortified compound of Villa Somalia in late January. Aweys was transferred from Habar Khadijo intelligence base to a residence near the presidential palace. The seizure of electronic devices which were a source of information for Aweys comes after Federal Government of Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has expressed his dismay over the recent tape by the wanted Al Shabaab chief. In an audio message distributed to media outlets on May 15, date on which youth groups hold rallies commemorating Somali youth Day heated up the debate about the fate of Hassan Dahir Aweys at public places, mainly teashops in Mogadishu. As a result of bitter feud and violent dissension within Al Shabaab ranks, Sheikh Aweys escaped from Barawe coastal town of Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia, after Al Shabaab chief Ahmed Godane dispatched Al Shabaab death squads to Aweys and other officials including his deputy Ibrahim Haji Jama Micad (Ibrahim Afghani), who had made allegations against Godane. Sheikh Aweys was transported by plane from Adado district in Galgadud region of central Somalia, where he reportedly "surrendered" to Himan and Heeb local administration, which later transferred to Federal Government in Mogadishu in June 2013. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 how about "raided then burned to the ground"? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-05-27 11:40 |