MOGADISHU, Somalia – A high navy court docket in Somalia on Saturday introduced jail sentences in opposition to convicted ISIS operatives held for terrorism prices.
Abdikani Aden Ali (Elmi) and Ahmed Ali Dirie (Moallim Ahmed), every acquired 8 years of imprisonment for enjoying position in Mogadishu assaults, in accordance with court docket verdict.
The defendants have been detained by safety forces in October this 12 months throughout an operation in Dharkenley District and held in police custody for questioning.
They fell to police arms whereas plotting bomb assaults within the capital. The seize of 1 carrying hand grenades in a plastic bag led to the arrest of the second who was in a Mosque ready to take over the bombs.
The navy court docket mentioned the 2 have one month to attraction in opposition to the ruling, if failed they’ll serve the jail phrases.
The ISIS department in Somalia was established by a former Al-Shabaab preacher Sheikh Abdulkadir Mumin in October 2015. The group is predicated in Bari area’s hills beneath Puntland.
