“Insurgency groups are planning to use ambulances, police vehicles and tankers for suicide attacks on the government and AMISOM bases,” Mogadishu police warned. Shabaab and Hizbul Islam clashed outside Kismayo after they agreed on a truce. A heavily armed convoy of Hizbul Islam left Mogadishu en route to Kismayo using the main road controlled by Shabaab. Hundreds of Kenyan youths have secretly been recruited and trained in Mombasa and sent to serve in the Somali military.
