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Mobius report 70/2023 – The Use of Sticky IEDs in Somalia

In recent months, there have been a number of incidents involving the use of sticky IEDs by the Al-Shabaab group, targeting high-ranking officials in Somalia. This assassination TTP is also intended to foment chaos among the local population. Al-Shabaab, a Sunni Islamist, Al-Qaeda allegiant militia, has maintained a significant operational presence in Somalia for an extended duration. The use of sticky IEDs by the group in targeted assassinations has yielded distressing success rates, in addition to numerous casualties among the Somali populace. Lately, there has been a discernible upsurge both in the neutralization of IEDs as well as successful IED attacks across the nation, underscoring the pervasive presence of the armed group within the country, and the concurrent state of instability.

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