Somali comandos apprehend top Al-Shabaab leader In Galkayo

Somali special forces have arrested high profile Al-Shabaab operatives, during an operation in the central Somali town of Galkayo of central Somalia.

The well-coordinated night raid was conducted by combined commando forces from the Somalia National Army (SNA) in coordination with Puntland Security (PS) agents.

Unspecified number of Al-Shabaab suspects, including foreign nationals, were apprehended during the concerted security crackdown that reportedly targeted various neighborhoods.

Said Abdallah Abubakar Al-Sudani, an explosive material expert of Sudanese origin, was among the high ranking Al-Shabaab elements apprehended in the Wednesday raid.

This development comes barely a week after an American-trained SNA commando contingent attached to the elite Danab (Lightning) brigade was deployed to Galkayo, in an attempt to arrest growing  insecurity in the Mudug provincial capital.