Somalia: Muslims murder at least 30 people in jihad attack on military base

“The al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab has been fighting in Somalia for more than a decade to try to topple the country’s central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.”

At least Reuters admitted that they’re fighting to impose Sharia, but it is a shame there is no one at Reuters with the wit to try to find a non-strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, and to explain how it differs from Al Shabaab’s strict interpretation.

“Somalia: At least 30 killed in Al Shabaab terrorist attack,” Reuters, June 28, 2021:

An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia’s al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country’s semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said.

The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a military base in Galmudug’s Wisil town, located in central Somalia, triggering a fight with government troops and armed locals, Major Mohamed Awale, a military officer in Galmudug told Reuters.

“They attacked the base with two car bombs and fierce fighting that lasted over an hour followed,” he said.

“The car bombs damaged the military vehicles…residents were well armed and reinforced the base and chased the al Shabaab.”

Thirty people, including 17 soldiers and 13 civilians, died in the fighting, Awale said.

The al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab has been fighting in Somalia for more than a decade to try to topple the country’s central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law….

The Somalia government condemned the attack and said 41 al Shabaab fighters had been killed in the fighting as both the military and armed residents pursued the assailants, according to a statement posted on the website of the Somalia state news agency, SONNA….

Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack via a statement on its Radio Al Andalus and said its fighters had killed over 30 soldiers and injured over 40 others.