Somali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter • FRANCE 24 English
The details of what exactly happened is still very foggy so let’s start with what we know for sure we know that a unowned helicopter had to make an emergency landing in a central region of Somalia because of a technical glitch now that region is under the control of
The al-Qaeda Affiliated teror group Al shabab it’s believed that six of the helicopters passengers have now been captured by the Tower Group two of them have gone missing and one of them was killed it’s believed during the emergency landing now the UN has said that none of um the passengers were
Members of its staff they were all third-party contractors and the organization has also said that they’re not yet aware of the nationalities of any of those who were on board uh the UN and the Somali government have now launched emergency rescue operations but those missions are not going to be easy
The region is incredibly difficult Court to access as it’s been under the control of al-shabab for more than 10 years now so who are al-shabab well they’re an Insurgency group that’s been trying to topple the unbacked Somali government for years they want to put in place an Islamic State they have Fighters all
Over Somalia but they’re mostly concentrated in the central and southern Parts uh of the country the group also has a history of seizing foreign hostages and some of them they’ve kept in captivity for years
Fighters with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate al-Shabab attacked a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in territory controlled by the extremists in Somalia, killing one passenger and abducting five others, officials said. FRANCE 24’s Olivia Bizot reports from Nairobi, Kenya.
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18 comments
All Muslims should unite on Tawhid and Sunnah. The anglo-saxons and then their master afterwards.
I traveled somalia back in '21 …
Delivered in the voice of a true Monte Python character. This lady's delivery made me think of Cleese almost immediately
The question is " who is funding them? Where do they buy weapons??
Iran flexing its power
My question is who are the third party contractors being flown around in UN helicopters?
Freedom fighters- this is what you people called them. Now, every Islamic terrorists groups like Hamas will start kidnapping and beheading innocent people
What does Kenya have to do with this? Was showing the Kenyan map necessary?
they were extremely Somali!
Guterres will probably blame Israel
Now, UN experiences what hostage-taking means, hopefully to help in its understanding of what Israel is into fighting its war against terrorism.
This is the country that wants somaliland back?he'll no
Somaliland don't have shabbab and one of the safest countries
What do you mean un it's my country my rule
It is expansionism and nothing to do with terrorism or UN personnel
Mercenaries bought by US bank dictatorship, attack investigators?
What are Ukranians doing along with US navy seals in the name of UN, and in Somalia of all places????? Something's up.
Stop all aid to muslim countries , it's only empower them. Let the muslims sort it out.
Islamic extremist