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| Somali Islamist commander killed | Somali Islamist commander killed |
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| A senior commander of the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab, has been shot dead at close range as he left a mosque in the city of Kismayo. | A senior commander of the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab, has been shot dead at close range as he left a mosque in the city of Kismayo. |
| Unidentified gunmen shot Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan several times, inside an area of Somalia held by his own forces. | Unidentified gunmen shot Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan several times, inside an area of Somalia held by his own forces. |
| Sheikh Hasan was in charge of front-line operations in the town of Dhobley, near the Kenyan border. | |
| Al-Shabab said it arrested several people and would bring them before a court, but did not identify them. | Al-Shabab said it arrested several people and would bring them before a court, but did not identify them. |
| Al-Shabab- Alleged to have links with al-Qaeda - Has foreign fighters in its ranks - Well organised militarily and logistically Hizbul-Islam- Led by Hassan Dahir Aweys - Aweys led al-Itihad al-Islamiya, put on US terror list in 2001 - Home-grown Islamist movement | Al-Shabab- Alleged to have links with al-Qaeda - Has foreign fighters in its ranks - Well organised militarily and logistically Hizbul-Islam- Led by Hassan Dahir Aweys - Aweys led al-Itihad al-Islamiya, put on US terror list in 2001 - Home-grown Islamist movement |
| Rival Islamist groups in the vicinity, including Hizbul-Islam, have not said whether they were behind the killing. | Rival Islamist groups in the vicinity, including Hizbul-Islam, have not said whether they were behind the killing. |
| A witness, Ahmed Daud, said: "At least three masked men armed with pistols shot Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan several times in the head and the chest as he was coming out of a mosque in Kismayo." | A witness, Ahmed Daud, said: "At least three masked men armed with pistols shot Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan several times in the head and the chest as he was coming out of a mosque in Kismayo." |
| The BBC's Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says Hizbul-Islam fighters launched an attack in Dhobly hours after the assassination - and claimed they had killed number of al-Shabab militants. | The BBC's Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says Hizbul-Islam fighters launched an attack in Dhobly hours after the assassination - and claimed they had killed number of al-Shabab militants. |
| Al-Shabab and Hizbul-Islam are fighting against the UN-backed, weak Somali government and the African Union soldiers. | Al-Shabab and Hizbul-Islam are fighting against the UN-backed, weak Somali government and the African Union soldiers. |
| They have fought together in the capital against government forces and the AU peacekeepers, but in the southern Jubba regions the groups continue to fight each other. | They have fought together in the capital against government forces and the AU peacekeepers, but in the southern Jubba regions the groups continue to fight each other. |
| The dispute began last year when al-Shabab forcibly took control of Kismayo from Hizbul-Islam. | The dispute began last year when al-Shabab forcibly took control of Kismayo from Hizbul-Islam. |