Bosaso (SONNA) – Puntland State forces killed Abu-Albara Al Amani, an IS commander during operation in Bari region, northeast Somalia.
A statement from the Puntland State revealed that Abu-Albara was killed after the group carried out a raid at a police station in the municipality of Balidhidin in the region overnight.
During the raid on Balidhidin police station , one soldier from Puntland State forces was also killed according to the statement.
The police identified the dead commander to be Amhara origin from Ethiopia, and coerced a significant number of Ethiopians to join to the group.
The group appointed Abu-Albara as the head of IS operations in July 2021, following the demise of his predecessor Abu Waliid Al-muhaajir, who succumbed to injuries sustained during a counter-terrorism operation conducted by Puntland security forces in the vicinity of AlMiskaad hills.
