Seven nabbed in securiy peration in Bula-burde

Somali security forces on Saturday arrested over seven suspects in a swoop conducted in Bulo-burde and its environs to clear  criminals, officials said on Saturday.

The security operation was carried out by Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in several suburbs of the town and number of villages around it.

Abdulaziz Durow, the district commissioner of Bulo-Burde said that the operation aimed to ensure adequate security in the city and wipe out Al-Shabab who have been hiding inside the town to wage attacks on the government.

“The operation was carried out by NISA in several suburbs and villages; it began last night and concluded this morning, the forces arrested about seven suspects,” Durow said in Bulo-burde.

He said some of the suspects have been released after interrogations while the remaining 7 are being treated as suspects and will be arraigned in court soon.

“This is very productive and successful operation against anti-peace elements here in the Bula-burde,” he added.

For the past weeks, Somali forces and their allied AMISOM troops have been conducting a search and cordon operations in areas located in Hiiraan region, in an attempt to dislodge Al -Shabaab fighters.