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(LWJ) — Shabaab said a British national who was ” from the early people who came to jihad in Somalia” was killed in a US drone airstrike.
The British citizen, who was identified as Bilal al Berqawi, was “of a Lebanese origin,” according to a statement that was released today by Shabaab’s media arm, Al Kata’ib Foundation for Media Production. The statement, which was released on jihadist forums, was translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.
Shabaab said that Berqawi was killed today, on “Saturday 28 Safar 1433H,” was fought in Somalia before the Islamic Courts Union, the predecessor of Shabaab, was formed.
“The martyr, may Allah have mercy on him, was from the early people who came to jihad in Somalia, where he participated in fighting with the warlords and participated in the war against the Courts and in fighting the African Crusaders,” according to that statement.
“The martyr received what he wished for and what he went out for … when, in the afternoon today, brother Bilal al-Berqawi was exposed to bombing in an outskirt of Mogadishu from a drone that is believed to be American,” the statement continued.