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Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities.
A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group.
Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia’s state news agency SONNA reported.
The commander’s detention came two days after the ISIL leadership in the country was targeted
