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Puntland military court acquits 14 men accused of ISIS and Al Shabaab membership


Friday July 22, 2022

Garowe (HOL) - A Puntland military court ordered the release of 14 men believed to be members of Shabaab and ISIS groups in Somalia on Thursday.

The Attorney General of the Puntland Armed Forces Court, Major Mohamed Hussein Ahmed, said that the men were acquitted of the crimes after his office’s investigation.

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Ahmed added that some of the men were arrested on suspicion of being involved in killings and explosions in Bosaso town, while others were believed to be connected to Islamist fugitives.

"The inquiry revealed that the men had no connection to the groups they were accused of being a part of, so we withdrew our case against them, he continued.

Below are the names of the released men:

  1. Abdullahi Abdirahman Shirwac Lahore.
  2. Syed Omar Ali (33 years old)
  3. Issa Ahmed Issa (60 years old)
  4. Jama Yusuf Hussein (40 years old)
  5. Mohamed Said Ubaid (30 years old)
  6. Hussein Mohamed Osman (40 years old)
  7. Nur Abdi Adan (25 years old)
  8. Farhan Ismail Dahir
  9. Abdullahi Ibrahim Adan
  10. Adan Maalim Ibrahim
  11. Abdi Yusuf Hussein
  12. Yusuf Sanweyne Ali
  13. Mohamed Macalin Abdullahi


 





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