Al Shabaab behead Kenyan assistant chief (Gumarey location) Mr. Omar Adan Buul who was abducted last week at the boarder in Wajir county as confirmed by Somali based local TV.
The millitia are said to have beheaded the assistant chief who-reports indicate that he was an alleged Al-shaabab sympathizer.
The head of Omar Adan Buul was dumped on the road and was found by herders along the Chinese cutline between Khorof Harar and Konton.
Heartfelt condolences to the family of Omar Adan Buul, a respected assistant chief in Wajir County's Gumarey location.
Al-Shabaab abducted him, tortured him, cut off his head, displayed it on the edge of village.
This medieval horror designed to instil fear, extract compliance.
— Rashid Abdi (@RAbdiAnalyst) December 22, 2020
With the rest of his body is yet to be found, Mr Omar Aden was abducted on Friday from Gumerey at Khorof Harar in Wajir East and his body found on Monday at around 10am. This is according to a police report.
Between Khorof Harar and Konton, police say the chief’s severed head was found by herders along the Chinese cutline.
“The scene was visited and established that the deceased was beheaded at another place and head placed at the road. The scene was photographed and the head taken to Khorof Harar police station awaiting to be taken to Wajir county Referral Hospital mortuary,” reads the police report.
According to security briefs, the abduction happened on Friday at Gumerey centre when Al-Shabaab reportedly invaded the area and ordered residents to switch off their phones before lecturing them.
A police brief had earlier indicated that the militants walked away with the chief who was said to be on security officials’ radar as an alleged Shabaab sympathiser.
