{"id":30747,"date":"2014-07-09T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=30747"},"modified":"2014-07-09T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:56:09","slug":"somali-security-chiefs-sacked-after-al-shabab-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=30747","title":{"rendered":"Somali security chiefs sacked after al-Shabab attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">Somalia&#8217;s police and intelligence chiefs have been sacked following militant Islamist group al-Shabab&#8217;s assault on the presidential palace, a government minister has said.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the attackers were killed and a fourth captured, the minister added.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shabab fighters entered the compound in the capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday before being driven out by African Union (AU) and government forces.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second assault on the heavily fortified compound this year.<\/p>\n<p>The police and intelligence heads &#8211; Abdihakim Saaid and Bashir Gobe respectively &#8211; have been replaced with immediate effect, said Information Minister Mustafa Dhuhulow.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of a car bomb that was detonated at the main gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, 9 July 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/76142000\/jpg\/_76142689_023084082-1.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/>The militants have vowed to step up attacks during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not at the palace at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shabab said 14 government soldiers had been killed in the assault but government officials have not referred to this claim<\/p>\n<p>The raid started with a suicide bomber detonating a car at a barrier near the entrance to the compound, after which the militants attacked from two directions, correspondents say.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference at the palace after the attack was repelled, Mr Mohamud said the government would not be intimidated by al-Shabab.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I say to them, you will not kill us, and nor will you demolish our spirit,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Some 22,000 African Union troops are helping the UN-backed government battle al-Shabab, which wants to create an Islamic state.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shabab lost control of Mogadishu in 2011, but often carries out attacks in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The group has vowed to step up attacks during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, a suicide car bomb exploded near the parliament building, killing at least four people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somalia&#8217;s police and intelligence chiefs have been sacked following militant Islamist group al-Shabab&#8217;s assault on the presidential palace, a government minister has said. Three of the attackers were killed and a fourth captured, the minister added. Al-Shabab fighters entered the compound in the capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday before being driven out by African Union (AU) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":30751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[988],"class_list":["post-30747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-local-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}