Al Shabaab ‘fires two members of executive council’ after they pushed to stop attacks on civilians

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The terror group issued a rare apology after a blast killed 90 in Mogadishu

Somali jihadist group Al-Shabaab has expelled top members of its executive council after they expressed concern over attacks against civilians, according to Somalia’s intelligence agency.Attacks on civilians have intensified in the past year in the East African country, and the group are thought to have struck nearly 800 times in 2019.

Al-Shabaab’s leader Ahmed Diriye fired senior members Mahad Karate and Bashir Qorgab after the two asked him to stop targeting civilians in the capital Mogadishu, the National Intelligence and Security Agency, said on Twitter.




Last month, the terror group killed at least 90 people in Mogadishu in its deadliest strike in years, prompting an unprecedented show of anger from residents. It later issued a rare apology after hundreds of people took to the streets in protest over the car blast….

Source: The Daily Telegraph,