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April 21, 2012
April 21, 2012
Africa
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF NATION Correspondent and Agencies
Posted Thursday, April 19 2012 at 17:30
Posted Thursday, April 19 2012 at 17:30
MOGADISHU, Thursday
Armed men belonging to Al-Shabaab, the radical Islamist movement in Somalia captured the District Commissioner of Eel Adde, about 400 km southwest of Mogadishu, Mr Yahie Hussein Isaq on Tuesday night.
The beheaded body of DC Isaq was found on Wednesday around noon on the outskirts of Eel Adde town.
TFG officials in the district accused Al-Shabaab of perpetrating the beheading.
Colonel Aden Ahmed Hersi alias Rufle, the Spokesman of the TFG in Gedo region, stated that the fanatical militants got the DC of Eel Adee off guard.
He added that the Mr Isaq was in a village to deliver humanitarian items offered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The colonel added that DC Isaq had earlier instructed his bodyguards to leave the village and go back to eel Adde town.
“He (DC Isaq) had told the guards that he would be fine,” Col Hersi told the media. “Unfortunately, we found the DC’s headless body lying at an isolated area with his head put on his back,” added the officer.
Residents in Eel Adde district informed the local media today that the government forces are in a frantic search for those who killed DC Isaq.
“Many people are scared that the massive investigation may affect their lives,” said a radio caller.
Meanwhile, the German government has approved an extension of the European Union’s anti-piracy operation off the Horn of Africa to include targeting equipment stored on Somali beaches.
The cabinet gave the green light to the expanded mission which is expected to win final approval in a parliamentary vote next month.
The EU’s Operation Atalanta has deployed between five and 10 warships off the Somali coast since 2008.
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