Somali security forces have apprehended two senior al-Shabaab members in Qoryooley, Deputy Minister of Internal Security Ibrahim Isaq Yarow announced Monday (March 31st). "The two arrested men are senior officials. One of them was the mastermind of 2009 terrorist attack on Halane compound," Yarow said according to Hiiraan Online.
More than 20 people, including 17 African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops, were killed in the Halane attack, Voice of America reported.
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