Somalia claims to have killed another senior Shabaab leader

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Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency says Bashir Ahmed Haji Nunow, a former senior Shabaab leader, has been killed. Shabaab has not confirmed or denied the claim; Nunow was described as a former head of its Amniyat wing and a ringleader behind a major terrorist attack in Somalia.

Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency said that Bashir Ahmed Haji Nunow, the former head of Shabaab’s Amniyat wing and ringleader behind the worst terrorist attack in Somalia’s history, is dead. Shabaab has neither confirmed nor denied his death. The post Somalia claims to have killed another senior Shabaab leader appeared first on FDD's Long War Journal.