Shock as Al-Shabaab kills two family members for spying

Al-Shabaab has been executing people in public places on suspicion of working with the Somali, Kenya, UK, and American Intelligence Services as the group doesn't allow the suspects for lawyers.

News Keydmedia Online
1 August 2022

EL-WAK, Somalia - In yet another shocking incident, Al-Shabaab has gunned down a man and his sister, two innocent residents of the Giriley area under Eelwaq district in the Gedo region.

The group claimed responsibility for the murder, saying it killed Abdisalan Osman Burash and Amin Osman Burash who it accused of working for the Kenyan Intelligence Service.

The security forces of the district have not commented on the killing of the two siblings. It comes a day after Al-Shabaab executed 7 alleged CIA spies in the area of ​​Bula Bula in the Bay region.

Al-Shabaab has been executing people in public places on suspicion of working with the Somali, Kenya, UK, and American Intelligence Services as the group doesn't allow the suspects for lawyers.

The Al-Qaeda-linked group has been waging an insurgency in Somalia since 2008 in an attempt to oust the UN-backed government in Mogadishu which is protected by African Union forces for 15 years.

The Horn of Africa nation has been torn apart by conflict since 1991 when powerful clan warlords overthrew late dictator Mohamed Siad Barre before turning on each other for control.

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