The United States government has issued a bounty of up to $5 million for information on the whereabouts and capture of Jehad Serwan Mostafa, alias Ahmed Gurey, believed be a high-ranking member of the Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab.
The US government noted that Mostafa, 41 who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List, lived and graduated from college in San Diego, California, before moving to Somalia in 2005.
Mostafa has served in many capacities, including serving as a military instructor at Al-Shabaab’s training camps, a commander of the foreign fighters, a leader and propagandist in Al-Shabaab’s media wing, Al-Kataib, an intermediary between Al-Shabaab and other terrorist organizations, and as a leader in the group’s use of explosives in terrorist attacks.
H is also believed to continue to play a critical role in planning operations directed against the Somali government and internationally-supported African Union forces in Somalia and East Africa. The U.S. Department of Justice further noted that Mostafa, a former California resident, had been involved in Al-Qaeda-linked attacks in East Africa region, notably in Kenya and Somalia. He is believed to have taken part in a number of attacks against Ethiopian forces in Somalia.
The U.S. State Department designated Al-Shabaab a terrorist organization in 2008; in 2012, the organization became an affiliate of Al-Qaeda.
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