Somalia Arrests 2 Tanzanians & 1 Kenyan Alshabaab On Mission

Jubaland State security agents on Tuesday arrested three suspected foreign Alshabaab militants’ in Dhobley who were crossing the border into Kenya.

Two of the men were identified as Tanzanian nationals and a third a Kenyan.

A security source in Dhobley confirmed to Radio Dalsan that the three young men were arrested at the border crossing to the Kenya side.

The suspects confessed that they were on a mission to Kenya with directions from the Alshabaab headquarters in Jilib.

One of the suspects said he first came into Somalia in 2014 to undergo religious studies but was later recruited into the Alqaeda linked Somali militant group Alshabaab.