Sabahi (Washington, DC)

Somalia: U.S $5 Million Offered for Arrest of Two Al-Shabaab Militants

21 March 2013

The United States government has added two al-Shabaab members to its Rewards for Justice Programme, offering $5 million each for information leading to their capture.

The bounty was placed on Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, and Jehad Serwan Mostafa, both on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) most wanted list.

The FBI said both men are wanted for "conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, which includes their significant contributions to al-Shabaab's media and military activities".

Hammami and Mostafa, both American citizens, travelled to Somalia in 2006 and joined al-Shabaab, according to the FBI.

The United States announced on June 7th that it would offer up to $33 million in exchange for information leading to the capture of seven senior al-Shabaab leaders.

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