Dozens Arrested in Mogadishu as Police Search for Al shabab Operatives

Mogadishu, May 27 2013 (SDN) – AMISOM and Somali authorities rounded suspected Al Shabaab agents in a morning raid in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district. The joint operation conducted by Somali government forces and AMISOM forces carried out on today 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 neighborhood 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.

AMISOM officials said that the searches would enhance security in the city adding that they searches would continue. “The searches will continue until we are sure that there are no Al Shabaab cells in Mogadishu,” said AMISOM spokesman Col. Ali Aden Hamud.

SDN Mogadishu