The head of the North American Special Operations Command in Africa said today that the attacks in northern Mozambique have “Islamic State fingerprints”, expressing concern about the accelerating terrorist threat in the region
“We are worried. We believe that there is a local problem that is being exploited by the Islamic State. In the past 12 to 18 months, they developed their capabilities, became more aggressive and used techniques and procedures common elsewhere, namely in the Middle East, associated with the Islamic State, “said Major General Dagvin Anderson.
The commander of the United States Special Operations Command in Africa, based in Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, spoke today during a press conference to address the United States’ efforts to combat terrorism in Africa during the covid pandemic. -19.
Dagvin Anderson pointed to the fact that the Islamic State itself claimed that connection, but he considered, above all, the signs of the terrorist organization in communications as determinant. “We saw publications and communications in the media very well done and which have the fingerprint and all the marks of the Islamic State,” he said.
