Shabaab kills senior Somali military officer

Shabaab kills senior Somali military officer in an attack. The group claimed responsibility through affiliated media outlets

Al-Shabaab members raided the house of a senior Somali military officer in Gedo overnight, killing him and five family members.

“I can confirm that officer Iman Adow and members of his family were killed in the night attack by Al-Shabaab militants in Luuq town,” Guled Awale, an official of the Gedo region authority, told on Sunday.

The armed groups members killed Adow’s wife, two children, his mother-in-law and his brother-in-law.