Suspected Al-Shabaab foreign fighters arrested in central Somalia

Somalia security forces from Galmudug State have arrested three foreign Al-Shabaab fighters in Mudug region of central Somalia during an operation on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.

Somali National Security's Commander in Galmudug State Sadaq Omar Hassan confirmed to reporters that security forces arrested 12 Al-Shabaab fighters, three of whom were of foreign nationalities.

"We captured 12 Al-Shabaab fighters including three foreigners with different nationalities in the east of Mudug region after successful operation against terrorist militants. Two of the foreign fighters are Kenyans and one Tanzanian," Omar said.

"My name is Abdulahi Rabu Mohamed. I am Tanzanian. Two other are Kenyans and the rest are Somali citizens. We were captured by Somali forces," the Tanzanian suspect told journalists.

Galmudug government forces have been launching the operations against Al-Shabaab terrorist group, which intend to flush out Al-Shabaab from all central Somalia regions as well as the regions under the Galmudug administration. Endit