Al-Shabab leader killed in Somalia

What a fitting way for one of Al Shababs leaders , he deserved nothing less .




Al Jazeera
Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan, a senior commander of al-Shabab, an armed group fighting to topple Somalia's government, has been shot dead near Kismayo.

At least three masked men armed with pistols shot Hasan several times in the head and chest as he was coming out of a mosque on Friday night.

Abdi Hasan Ise, a witness, was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying: "I heard gunshots and saw two men running; we rushed to the scene and there was a body lying there in a pool of blood."

Hasen has been leading the fighting against rival groups in the town of Dhobley, close to the border with Kenya.

Al-Shabab and Hizbul-Islam, another group fighting against the government, have been battling alongside each other in the capital, Mogadishu, but in the south they have been at loggerheads for months.
In depth

Hizbul-Islam denied having a hand in the killing, but said it would step up attacks on Dhobley after a raid on Friday night in which it said it killed a number of al-Shabaab militants.