SOMALIA: Security forces foil suicide attempt used for a donkey [PHOTOS]

Al-Shabab uses a donkey for suicide attack

MOGADISHU (RBC) The security forces of Somalia’s transitional federal government today thwarted a suicide attack used for a donkey which was planned by Al-Shabab extremists in Mogadishu.
Col. Ibrahim Omar, a spokesman for Somalia National Security Agency [SNSA] told RBC Radio that in the morning of Friday the forces launched small operation near the busy junction on the main road that links the capital to Afgoi district on the south where they catch a donkey loaded with explosive devices.
“The security agents informed us that the extremists were preparing suicide attack against the civilians and government forces so in the morning we launched the operation and found the explosives on this donkey”. Col. Omar told reporters in Mogadishu on Friday.
Col. Omar then displayed the explosive devices containing chemical powder, battery and fuse which the security agents said where useful ones for suicide attacks.

“They planned to kill many civilians and damage the property of Somali people but we were quick to counter that decisive attack”. He added.
Early this week the security forces detained a young child who was prepared for suicide attack by Al-Shabab group. The child is now under government’s care.

A powder made for explosions loaded on the donkey

Since August when Al-Shabab group treated from the capital, they begun to arrange more suicide attacks against the government forces and the African Union troops in Mogadishu.
The group mostly uses teenagers for conducting such attacks but the security officials say the group has changed many of their tactics and begun to use animals.  

The headquarter of Somalia National Security Agency (SNSA)

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