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Somali government confirms arrest of top Al-Shabaab intelligence commander

 

Somalia government officials in Gedo region in the southwest confirmed that they arrested Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a top Al-Shabaab Amniyat (Intelligence) commander who has a U.S. bounty of three million U.S. dollars on his head.

Zakariye was among the seven Al-Shabaab members on a U.S. list of wanted terrorists and with a sum of 33 million dollars.

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