The head of the intelligence service was killed in the city of Qaryouli in an ambush by Al-Shabaab fighters

Yesterday, Tuesday, the head of the intelligence service in Qaryoul, Othman Hassan Abdi, was killed in an ambush on his convoy on the outskirts of the city of Qaryoul in the Lower Shabelle region.

Reports indicated that the attack carried out by Al-Shabaab fighters resulted in the killing of the intelligence official and three of his bodyguards.

It is noteworthy that the Al-Shabaab movement, which is linked to Al-Qaeda, is active in the Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions adjacent to the capital, Mogadishu, and launches attacks from time to time on Somali officials and government and African forces.