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The larges security swoop in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu in the recent past has seen to arrest of more than 100 youth, suspected to belong to the militant group, Harakat Al Shabaab Al Mujahideen.
Summary
Nearly 100 people, mostly teenagers were arrested Sunday 11th October, 2015 in a joint security swoop in Mogadishu by Somali and AMISOM police units.
The troops working on prior intelligence carried out the dawn operation at villages in Mogadishu’s Waberi and Hamar-jajab districts, where the allied troops searched houses suspected to be hiding by Al shabaab cells.
Somali government’s amnesty offer that was extended several times was predicted by intelligence sources to precede a major operation in Al Shabaab hideouts.
The recent swoop comes amid ongoing plans to integrate dozens of former militants into the Somali National Army (SNA).
