Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives, according to a confi...
NAIROBI - Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters, as they mount more frequent and deadly attacks.
“For the first time, post-blast laboratory analyses ... indicate a clear shift in al Shabaab construction methods, away from the use of military-grade explosives and toward HME experts suggests a probable connection between the development of HME by al Shabaab and the recent increased frequency of major attacks in Mogadishu.”It specify who did the analysis, but footnotes cited the U.N. Mine Action Service, the U.S.
Al Shabaab, which wants to rule Somalia in line with a strict interpretation of sharia law, has carried out at least 19 attacks with vehicle-borne bombs that have killed more than five people in Mogadishu since September, the report found. Experts have long suspected that that bomb may have used some home-made explosives, but no evidence had been made public.
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