Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Osman Sheikh Mohamed surrendered to Somali security forces in Luq

 

 

Luq police chief Siyad Abdikadir Mohamed said the man in question was the commander of al-Shabaab fighters in Bay region’s Dinsor district and had surrendered with his AK-47.

The police chief welcomed Mohamed’s surrender and called on other fighters to defect.

Dozens of al-Shabaab members, including former al-Shabaab intelligence chief Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, have surrendered to the Somali government, which previously offered amnesty tofighters who lay down their arms and defect to the government.