LETHAL AL-SHABAAB WEAPONS SEIZED ON THEIR WAY TO KENYA

Somalia National Army (SNA) has handed over to Kenya weapons it seized from al-Shabaab militants.

Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia, on Wednesday, May 11, received the weapons from Jubaland’s deputy minister for security Abdirashid Hassan Abdinoor.

“We are happy the Somalia authorities have taken the initiative of protecting Kenya by confiscating the weapons that were to cause a lot of destruction and loss of lives in these towns,” said Shisia as quoted by Daily Nation.

According to Abdinoor, the weapons were nabbed while on transit to Kenya’s border town of Mandera on the evening of Tuesday, May 10.

The weapons handed over include: Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), hand grenades, bullets, petrol bombs and phones.