Hiiraan Online
Ahmed Abdisamad
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Alshabab planned to assassinate Somalia’s commander of military forces Gen. Abdikarim Yusuf Aden using a jacket packed with explosives.
“They contacted me offering to hire me for this plot and pay me $20,000, I informed the General, then we proceeded to probe this case” his driver Khalif Ali Nur told the VOA.
Police arrested the mastermind recovering a jacket packed with explosives.
Gen. Abdikarim known as “Dhegabadan” told reporters that he knew of this assassination plot from the beginning which was intended to kill him.
“They were trying to kill me, we discovered their plans from the beginning” he told army officials.
Abdirahman Ali Antoob is the suspected mastermind and claims to be an Alshabab contractor for such operations.
Last Wednesday Somalia’s prime minister escaped a near assassination attempt which claimed the lives of ten people including two top sports officials.
TFG and its allied forces pushed out Alshabab from many areas including Mogadishu, but the group claims responsibility for the deadly suicide attacks in the country.