Brigadier General Farhan Mohamoud Aden alias Farhan Qarole is dead.
Reports indicate that Brig. Gen. Qarole died in an explosion that rocked a location near Bal’ad town on Friday morning.
At the time of the explosion, Brig. Gen. Qarole and his team were in the area, which is roughly 30kms to the north of Mogadishu.
Brig. Gen. Qarole has been serving as the Mogadishu police commander.
Together with other commanders, he has been actively involved in the ongoing offensive operations against terrorists and other criminals in the vicinity of Basra.