the Al-Qaeda-allied group Al-Shabaab executed US-born jihadist Omar Hammami

the Al-Qaeda-allied group Al-Shabaab executed US-born jihadist Omar Hammami, known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, according to unconfirmed Somali media reports. Al-Shabaab reportedly hunted down Hammami after he left Marka in the Lower Shabelle region, fearing for his life from other Al-Shabaab leaders because of strategic and ideological differences in a statement released in March. He was reportedly beheaded on the spot and buried somewhere between Marka and Baraawe. According to Gedo Online, the alleged execution angered some Al-Shabaab leaders, who accused Al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane of ordering the execution. A group of foreign fighters and other top Al-Shabaab members reportedly fled to the Galgala Mountains following the news of the execution. They accused Al-Shabaab leaders of shedding the blood of Muslims and murdering innocent civilians in the name of Islam. He described the actions of Al-Shabaab 's leaders as far removed from Islam.