Saturday June 8, 2024
Garowe (HOL) - The Puntland Security Force (PSF) has
apprehended two ISIS foreign nationals who they said survived last week’s US
airstrike in northeastern Somalia.
According to a statement from the PSF on Saturday, the men
identified as Imraan Mohamed Alawi and Mabruuk Nassor Saidi are from Tanzania.
The security forces arrested the men 30 km away from the area where the bombing
took place, following a tip-off and subsequent pursuit by the PSF.
A joint airstrike carried out by Somali and U.S. forces
killed three Islamic State (IS)-Somalia fighters in a remote area near
Dhaardaar, about 81 km southeast of Bosaso, last week.
The so-called IS wing in Somalia has its main base in the
Puntland region, northeastern Somalia, and has occasionally clashed with
Puntland forces and al-Shabab militants.