Al-Shabaab Says it executed three US spies in Southern Somalia

Al-Shabab has claimed to have executed at least three of its fighters suspected of being spies in Southern Somalia.

According to Al Shabaab’s radio, Al Andalus, the three executed men were sentenced to death on Friday afternoon “after they were proved working with (the) CIA.”

The three men are said to have been shot dead by a firing squad  at a public execution in Sakow town, Lower Jubba region of southern Somalia.

Victims of the mass execution Friday  included 26-year-old Liban Hassan Mohamed, 30-year-old Mohamed Salad and 35-year-old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdirahman.

“They were publicly executed in a field in Sakow town of Lower Jubba region,” Al Andalus said, referring to a town in southern Somalia.

The group’s insurgency aims to drive out the African Union force AMISOM, topple Somalia’s Western-backed government.

Al-Shabaab was pushed out of Mogadishu in 2011 but continues to carry out attacks on military, political and civilian targets aimed at undermining the internationally-backed Somali government.

Fighters of armed group Al-Shabaab have taken control of agricultural town, Afgooye on this week but hours later retreated.

The United States has in recent years launched numerous drone strikes against Shabaab leaders, including the strike that killed Godane, the former leader of the group.