Al-Shabab fighters have beheaded a highly respected traditional elder in a southern Somali town on Monday for allegedly collaborating with Somali Federal Government in Baay region.
The elder, who has been identified as Aden Abdullah, was brutally killed on Monday in the Al-Shabaab controlled locality, 10 kilometres away from Qansah-Dheere town in Baay region.
The deputy commissioner of Qansah-Dheere, Abdulle Hassan Saney, confirmed He said the slain elder was a ‘peace-loving’ citizen.
In a now common practice that has attracted the ire of the people, Al-Shabaab has lately resorted to killing local Somali residents in their numbers in the guise of eliminating opposition from within.
Aden Abdullah is just one among the many elders who have been beheaded. In the meantime, Saney has said Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops of AMISOM contingent are in the process of launching a new offensive against Al-Shabaab in the Baay region.