Somali insurgents identify suicide bomber

update  on 60 years old Norwegian Suicide car bomb kills 20 soldiers in central Somalia town
Somali insurgent Al-Shabaab have identified the suicide bomber who rammed a hotel on Tuesday as Abdullahi Ahmed Abdulle aka Habibulah al-Muhajir

The 60-year-old Somali Norwegian is said to have been in the jihad (holy war) in the Horn of Africa state for the past 13 years. He drove a saloon car towards the hotel at Bulo-burde in Central Somalia, and blew himself up, killing others in the process. Bulo-burde is located about 200km north of Mogadishu and was captured from the Al-Shabaab only last week..

The targeted Amalow hotel hosted a good number of Somali army officers and peacekeepers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amison) Abdulle's colleagues engaged in a gun fight as he sought to blast the hotel with explosives packed vehicle.

Glamorous virgins
 

A Radio run by Al-Shabaab, al-Andalus, later on Tuesday relayed a recorded interview with the suicide bomber Abdulle used verses of a poem to glorify the jihad with the aim of encouraging other fighters to continue the ‘holy war.’ He concluded his verses with a note: “Ha ka harin jihad-ka jannaa lagu gelaayaa" (Don’t miss the jihad as it is the gateway to heaven).

The man described the "beautiful mansions and glamorous virgins" in the paradise, awaiting the youth who engaged in jihad. About 20 people are assumed to have died in the assault in which Abdulle’s car was used to hit the heavily guarded gate.