Shabaab assassinates Deputy Labor Minister in Mogadishu
Shabaab’s suicide assault killed the Deputy Minister and 14 others in Mogadishu.
Shabaab’s suicide assault killed the Deputy Minister and 14 others in Mogadishu.
Shabaab has continued to demonstrate its ability to strike in heavily fortified areas of Mogadishu.
The Islamic State’s loyalists claimed more operations in Somalia in 2018 than in 2016 and 2017 combined. The group has also expanded its operations to include tactics normally associated with its larger rival, Shabaab.
Today’s suicide bombings marks one of the first times European Union troops have been targeted by Shabaab.
Shabaab has managed to launch 418 attacks of different types during the six-month timeframe in support of its persistent and ongoing insurgency against Somalia’s weak central government and allied African Union forces.
Saturday’s suicide attack on the presidential compound in Mogadishu came just a week after a similar strike was conducted on Somalia’s Ministry of Interior.
The video is one of the first times that the Somali jihadist group has highlighted its assassinations within Mogadishu.
The arrests come a month after another Islamic State member was arrested in Mogadishu. Additionally, the Islamic State also claimed another assassination inside the country yesterday.