MOGADISHU, Sept. 10 — Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said Tuesday it had killed Mohamed Abdi Dhiblawe, a senior al-Shabab leader behind a March attack on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy in the capital, Mogadishu.
NISA said on its official X account that Dhiblawe was eliminated in Ugunji Village during a joint operation with international partners.
He was the mastermind of the March 18 bombing in Mogadishu’s Ceel-Gaabta area that targeted the president’s convoy.
The president was unharmed, but at least four people, including a journalist, were killed, it said. Dhiblawe was also involved in other bombings against civilians and had been a top target since the March attack, NISA added.
Al-Shabab, which has waged a long-running insurgency to topple Somalia’s internationally backed government, claimed responsibility for the convoy bombing. (Xinhua)
