SHALAMBOD, Somalia — Two Muslim extremists in Somalia on April 18 murdered a member of a secret Christian community in Lower Shabele region as part of a campaign to rid the country of Christianity, sources said.
An area source said two al-Shabaab militants shot 21-year-old Hassan Adawe Adan in Shalambod town after entering his house at 7:30 p.m. “Two al-Shabaab members dragged him out of his house, and after 10 minutes, they fired several shots on him,” said an area source who requested anonymity. “He then died immediately.” The two militants then shouted “Allahu akbar,” the Arabic phrase meaning “God is great” before fleeing, he said. Adan, unmarried and living with his Muslim family, was said to have secretly converted to Christianity several months ago.
Area Christians said they suspected someone had informed the Islamic militants of his new faith. One source said a relative who belonged to al-Shabaab had told Adan’s mother that he suspected her son was a Christian. “This incident is making other converts live in extreme fear, as the militants always keep an open eye to anyone professing the Christian faith,” the source said.
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