A court in Garowe, the capital of Puntland, has sentenced to death a man who confessed to be a Shabaab operative planning to carry out attacks in Puntland and the breakaway republic of Somaliland. He also confessed that he was a photographer and used his profession to smuggle explosives in the regions. Shabaab recruited about 20 youths in Swedish suburbs. According to SAPO, the Swedish state security police, five of them have been killed and 10 are still at large in Somalia.
