Bonomade Machude Omar a.k.a. Ibn Omar a.k.a. Abu Suraka, a Tanzanian leader of ISIS Mozambique, is killed
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Bonomade Machude Omar a.k.a. Ibn Omar a.k.a. Abu Suraka, a Tanzanian leader of ISIS Mozambique, is killed
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mozambique, Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse, announced on Friday the elimination of the leader of terrorism in the country, the Mozambican Bonomade Machude Omar, along with other members of the leadership of the terrorist group.
“From the investigation carried out, and it still continues, it was verified, with factual evidence, the putting out of combat of the main leader who has directed operations since the outbreak of terrorism in Mozambique, the Mozambican Bonomade Machude, known in the woods as Ibn Omar, known also for Abu Suraka”, announced, in a statement to the press, in the Maringanha barracks, in Pemba, General Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse.
“The images are available, they deserve a definitive evaluation, because alongside the terrorist leader Ibn Omar, two more of his direct followers, still to be identified, were also fatally hit, in the company of more terrorists”, Mangrasse added, in the same communication.
Ibn Omar, said to be the leader of the radical Islamic State group in Mozambique, was targeted by the second phase of the ongoing so-called “Coup Duro II” operation. On the ground in Cabo Delgado, the Armed Defence Forces of Mozambique have been fighting terrorism since July 2021 with the support of Rwanda and the Community for the Development of Southern Africa (SADC).
“As we have been saying, terrorism is not over yet”, warned General Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse today, adding that the rebels currently act in “small dispersed groups”.
“These [groups] are the reason for our permanent scouring and cleaning,” he said.
“However, we reaffirm that the enemy was dislodged from all district headquarters that were occupied. Once again, operations continue in coordination with our partners”, added the Chief of the General Staff of the Mozambican Armed Forces.
The Islamic State terrorist group claimed two attacks this week against the Mozambican Armed Forces in Cabo Delgado province, in the north of the country, pointing to the death of at least nine soldiers, but not yet officially confirmed.
In two messages released by the group’s propaganda channels, it is mentioned that the first attack resulted from a “bomb explosion” against Mozambican forces, in the district of Mocímboa da Praia, without further details.
In the second alleged attack, in the same province, but in this case in the district of Macomia, the Islamic State group claims that it killed seven Mozambican soldiers and two officers, in an “ambush”.
The conflict in northern Mozambique has already displaced one million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and around 4,000 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project.