Somalia’s extremists vow violence against British troops

Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for al-Shabab, said on the the group’s radio Tuesday that their fighters would welcome the British troops with bullets and drag beheaded British soldiers through the streets.

British Prime Minister David Cameron says British troops would be sent to Somalia to support soldiers of the African Union Mission.

The statement branded Britain “an enemy to Muslims” and accused the country of trying to colonise Somalia.

A spokesman for the British High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, declined to comment to Reuters.

“They will not make any difference”, he said.

“Our armed forces have a long history of delivering security and stability to a few of the most hard environments in the world, and I am proud to offer British support and expertise to peacekeeping operations in Somalia and South Sudan”, Cameron said on September 28.

Almost 80 others were injured in the brutal attack, while 587 were led to safety.

Ever since losing key towns in Southern and Central Somalia, the group has staged guerrilla attacks and suicide missions in the capital, Mogadishu killing civilians and government officials.

Both Dr Osman, who reportedly worked as a doctor at the presidential palace, and another man, thought to be a lawyer, died in the attack.

AMISOM, the African Union’s force in Somalia, has been battling Al-Shabaab alongside the Somali army, pushing the rebels into increasingly smaller pockets of territory.

Somali is grappling to restore peace after decades of violence following the 1991 ouster of dictator Siad Barre.