A United State born Islamic insurgent
believed to be one of the masterminds of the terror attack on a Kenyan
university earlier this year, surrendered to the Somali military at the
weekend.
A senior official disclosed this in Mogadishu on Monday, on condition of anonymity.
He said Abdimalik Jones had recently
defected from al-Shabaab to fighters backing Islamic State when he
surrendered near the southern port town of Barawe in the Lower Shabelle
region.
Meanwhile, The Mayor of Barawe,
Hussein-Mohamed Barre, confirmed that Jones was found as he was hiding
himself somewhere near Barawe after defecting from al Shabaab.
Barre said the troops ordered him to surrender and he did so.
The mayor confirmed that Jones was due to be sent to Mogadishu for further investigation.
Some 148 people, most of them students,
were killed when al-Shabaab militants stormed the Garissa University
campus in north-eastern Kenya in April
Mastermind of Kenya varsity attack surrenders in Somalia
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Monday, December 07, 2015
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