Al-Shabaab Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (SVBIED) Surge Foretells Strategy

EVENTS SUMMARY On 22 August 2015 Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen’s Istishhadyin unit claimed responsibility for the suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack that killed 16 Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers lining up for training. In the attack, 21 other soldiers were wounded inside the Z-military training camp that houses 2000 recruits and their AMISOM trainers at...