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Fearing death, Somalia’s terror group al Shabaab sets up COVID-19 treatment centre

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June 14, 2020
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 London, June 14, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Somalia’s terror group al Shabaab said on Friday they had set up a COVID-19 treatment centre in the country, and said the disease posed a grave threat, citing international health authorities.

Islamist militant group al-Shabab is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia, and has carried out a string of attacks across the region, The group has now set up COVID-19 treatment centre (AFP)

“Al Shabaab’s corona(virus) prevention and treatment committee has opened a COVID-19 centre,” the group said in a broadcast on their radio Andalus, adding the centre had been set up in Jilib, about 380 kilometres (236 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu.

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“International health organisations said COVID-19 is terribly spreading in countries of Africa continent.”

In a broadcast a man who identified himself as Sheikh Mohamed Bali thanked al Shabaab for setting up the centre and asked those with symptoms to report to the centre.

Another person in the broadcast who did not identify himself said the centre is ready with vehicles to transport suspected coronavirus patients who call in seeking for care.

Reuters reports that for more than a decade the group has been fighting to topple the Horn of Africa’s Western-backed central government and establish its own government based on its own strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.

It frequently carries out bombings and gun assaults in Somalia against both military and civilian targets including hotels, intersections and checkpoints.

“We thank the administration who established the centre, we ask the people not to hide (the) disease to avoid spreading of the virus, people should report to the centre,” he said.

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