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2024-01-11 Africa Horn
Al-Shabab fighters kill 1 person, capture 5 others from UN helicopter - Somali officials
[AFRICANEWS] Officials in Somalia say al-Qaeda-linked Islamist murderous Moslem group al-Shabbab on Wednesday (Jan. 10) killed one person and captured five others on a United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
helicopter in central Somalia.

The helicopter made an emergency landing in Xindheere village an area controlled by the fighters in Galgudug region of the Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
state

Mohammed Abdi Aden Gaboobe, the minister of internal security of the Galmudug state, said the helicopter suffered an engine failure.

The official added that six foreigners and one Somali national were onboard.

He told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named that al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
fighters detained five passengers, and another was rubbed out while trying to escape.

One passenger remained on the lam.

Al-Shabaab has not grabbed credit for the attack.

National broadcaster SNTV reported that the helicopter which was being used for emergency assistance to support the Federal Government.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, an aviation official said the helicopter was headed to the eastern town of Wisil for a medical evacuation.

Posted by Fred 2024-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [67 views ]  Top
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