MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged ordinary people to help the government eradicate al-Shabaab while the government is conducting operations against the group on the outskirts of the capital.
While addressing thousands of people at a government-organized rally against al-Shabaab held at a stadium in the capital Mogadishu, President Hassan described the group as “bedbugs.”
The President urged the residents to identify and report to the authorities the sympathizers and al-Shabaab suspects.
“I’m calling to you, the people of Mogadishu, the Kharijites (renegades) are amongst you… so flush them out. They are in your houses, they are your neighbours, in cars that pass you by,” he said. “I want us to commit today to flush them out, they are like bedbugs under our clothes.”
The president said that the people of Mogadishu were tired of al-Shabaab attacks and assassinations.
“The people are tired of massacres, killings, and all kinds of misdeeds and they are now saying to al-Shabaab: ‘Enough is enough’,” Mohamud said.
The President also warned citizens against providing financial support for the group’s illicit activities, adding that the government will soon publish a report about bank accounts that were closed due to their use by Al-Shabaab militants and their accomplices.
President Mohamud said the military operations will continue until this menace is completely eradicated from Somalia.
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