ISIS Operative Nabbed In Mogadishu

A suspected ISIS militant was on Tuesday arrested by Somali authorities and displayed to the media.

The man was identified as Jama Hussein Hassan and is said to have confessed to be an ISIS operative.

He was found with several bomb making equipment.

Hassan told Police that he was a former Alshabaab militant before he switched allegiance to ISIS

He is said to have been plotting attacks in Afgoye which in the last one year has had at least four killings claimed by ISIS.

He had been based in the rough terrains of Galgaal a hotbed of Pro-ISIS militants led by Sheikh Abdiqadir Mumin.

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