Former al-Shabab leader donates blood to help victims of Mogadishu bombing
Mukhtar Roobow, a former commander in Somalia's militant Islamist
group al-Shabaab has been photographed donating blood to survivors of
the truck bombing in the capital, Mogadishu.
Robow defected to the government over the weekend. He was one of the
founders of al-Shabab, along with other radical leaders following the
defeat of the Islamic Courts Union in late 2006.
He quickly rose in the group's ranks to become its official spokesman
and a deputy leader. He, however, fell out with the al-Qaeda-linked
group’s leadership in 2013, and remained a fugitive in the remote areas
of south-western Somalia until his surrender.
In June, the US State Department withdrew Mr Robow from its terror
list and lifted the $5m (£3.8m) reward for information leading to his
capture. He announced his defection to the Somali government in August.
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