{"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\/2014\/07\/somali-security-chiefs-sacked-after-al-shabab-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali security chiefs sacked after al-Shabab attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
Somalia’s police and intelligence chiefs have been sacked following militant Islamist group al-Shabab’s assault on the presidential palace, a government minister has said.<\/p>\n
Three of the attackers were killed and a fourth captured, the minister added.<\/p>\n
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
This was the second assault on the heavily fortified compound this year.<\/p>\n
The police and intelligence heads – Abdihakim Saaid and Bashir Gobe respectively – have been replaced with immediate effect, said Information Minister Mustafa Dhuhulow.<\/p>\n
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not at the palace at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab said 14 government soldiers had been killed in the assault but government officials have not referred to this claim<\/p>\n
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
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
“I say to them, you will not kill us, and nor will you demolish our spirit,” he added.<\/p>\n
Some 22,000 African Union troops are helping the UN-backed government battle al-Shabab, which wants to create an Islamic state.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab lost control of Mogadishu in 2011, but often carries out attacks in the city.<\/p>\n
The group has vowed to step up attacks during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, a suicide car bomb exploded near the parliament building, killing at least four people.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Somalia’s police and intelligence chiefs have been sacked following militant Islamist group al-Shabab’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) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":30751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[988],"yoast_head":"\n