Mogadishu, Aug. 12 -- Somalia's Ministry of Defense has confirmed the killing of a senior al-Shabab leader in charge of finance during a targeted operation carried out on Sunday in the country's southwestern region.
The ministry said Abdullahi Abukar Ali, al-Shabab's head of finance who was responsible for managing funds extorted from civilians and coordinating the recruitment of child soldiers, was killed near Hudur town in the Bakool region.
"Abukar was a key operative who had long operated in Bakool under al-Shabab's control and was among the most sought-after figures in the group," it said in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Sunday evening.
The ministry commended the successful operation carried out by t...