Somali defector Why I left alShabab BBC News
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Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi tells Andrew Harding why he defected from al-Shabab. One of the most senior figures to defect from Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab has urged his former colleagues to stop targeting civilians and to begin negotiations with the Somali government. In his first interview with a foreign journalist, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi - who once had a $3m (£1.9m; €2.7m) bounty from the US government on his head - condemned al-Shabab's attack on Garissa University College in Kenya in April, where 148 students were killed. • • Subscribe / bbcnews • Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news • Facebook: / bbcworldnews • Twitter: / bbcworld • Instagram: / bbcnews
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