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NISA chief says most of suicide bombers are from abroad

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Most of suicide bombers are enticed Somali youths from abroad and who joined Al-Shabab from western countries, Abdirahman Mohamed Tuuryare, National Intelligence Chief, said on Friday.
Speaking at National Youth Conference, Tuuryare said the wave of young people who are traveling to Somalia to fight with Al-Shabab and take part in the attacks mostly come from Europe and America.
“A wave of suicide bombings carried out by Young volunteers entering Somalia from Europe and other Western countries is killing innocent civilians, bringing the country back to the brink of civil war,” he said.
As nations across the world struggle to curtail the group’s online recruitment, it imposes a threat to teenagers: al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab has been allegedly expanding its efforts and techniques to recruit youth to travel to its base in Somalia.
“It’s a story of estrangement. These young people feel estranged from the society we feel so proud of,” said Tuuryare. “They get inspired. They get the fire inside them. It’s a propaganda machine to make them really firm in their mission. They need to be to fight this war against the government of Somalia.”
Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for several attacks which claimed lives of over hundred people mostly government workers and politicians.
The group wants to depose Somali government which its soldiers supported by troops of African Union peace-keeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) took control of Many towns from Al-Shabab fighters .