... the personification of Somali state failure...group behind the aborted liquidation of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in one of the most dramatic operations in the country.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud survived the al-Shabaab liquidation plot in March this year, in an attack that left several security operatives dead in the capital, Mogadishu.
Mohammed Abdi Dhiblawe, the man behind the plot, is said to have been killed following an operation conducted by local forces along with their international partners in Ugunji village, Lower Shabelle region of Somalia.
"Senior al-Shabaab terrorist leader Mohammed Abdi Dhiblawe, who was the criminal mastermind behind the earth-shattering kaboom targeting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy in Mogadishu on 18 March 2025, was eliminated in an operation executed by security teams and international partners in Ugunji village, Lower Shabelle," state media reports.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been a target of al-Shabaab for elimination but has managed to survive the ordeal. The attack was widely condemned by local leaders and members of the international community who called for collaboration in the al-Shabaab war.