Somali police forces over the weekend unearthed dozens of explosive materials and components for making bombs in the outskirts of Mogadishu following a public tip-off. The cache seizure came a days after police in Mogadishu issued an advisory about a car laden with explosives on the loose in Somalia’s capital.
The General deputy police commissioner Zakia Hussein Ahmed confirmed that the police have found a reserve of weapons including explosive materials, suicide belts, remote detonators, grenades, cartridges, ammunition, wires and other substances used for Improvised explosive devices (IED).
Zakia added that the troops have also napped 35 Al-Shabaab suspects in Afgoye town and 14 others in Sabiid town of Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. Security forces have been conducting a house to house operations in the capital Mogadishu to eliminate Al-Shabaab from the city.
