Al-Shabaab could smuggle bomb ingredients as local resources run out

Depletion of locally available ingredients for making explosives could force the militant group Al-Shabaab to smuggle the components into the country, the UN has warned.

The chair of the UN Security on Somalia, Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, told the Council Wednesday (10th June) Al-Shabaab was capable of smuggling precursors for producing bombs in light of dwindling local resources.

“If the current chemicals used for Al-Shabaab’s homemade explosives become scarce, the group would shift to other sources of explosive materials or precursors, possibly through illicit smuggling, the chair of the Security Council committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia said,” a statement from the council read in part.