Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Sacid, head of the assassination department on the group, handed over to the authorities.
The Senior Commander of the ISIL (ISIS) in Somalia was captured, police and state media said, as the security forces continue on the offensive for weeks against the group.
Abdirahman Shirwac AW-Saciid, head of the Assassination Department, surrendered to the authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskad mountains, in the northeast state of Puntland, Somalia State Agency Sonna reported.
Commander’s custody followed two days after the target leadership of ISIL to land was targeted With the United States of Airfield.
In the last few years, the Isil Somalia subsidiary has become an increasingly important part of the worldwide group of the group, growing by power due to foreign fighters and improved revenue collection.
During an attack on a military base in December, the group claimed to have used two vehicles trapped in Booby, which security analysts say it involves adopting a sophisticated tactic.
On Monday, the head of the Bari region in Puntland, Abdikadir Jama Direr, confirmed the capture of AW-Saciid, known in the pseudonym “Laahoor”, which was also in charge of extorting local group companies.
The Somalian northeast region of Puntland has announced a major offensive against ISIL and rival group, al-Qaeda associated al-Shabab, in December.
The initial assessment of Saturday’s air strikes by the United States showed that many fighters were killed, the US Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth said on Sunday.
Hegsetth added that US air attacks degraded the ability ISIL to plan and spend attacks.
US President Donald Trump He also praised the American action. “These killers, which we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our allies. The strikes destroyed the caves in which they live and killed many terrorists, and in any way the harm to civilians,” Trump said in a statement.
Until recently, Isil’s Somali wing was considered a smaller security threat in the country of Africa compared to al-Shabab, controlled by Swathas from southern Somalia.
Somali authorities are struggling to confirm control after more than three decades of the Civil War.
