Terror organization: Al Shabab;

Status: Deputy leader, command responsibility over the Amniyat, al-Shabaab’s intelligence and security wing, as well as the group’s finances;

Role: The Amniyat under the command of Karate played a key role in the execution of suicide attacks and assassinations in Somalia, Kenya, and other countries in the region, and provided logistical support for al-Shabaab’s terrorist activities. The Amniyat was responsible for the April 2015 attack on Garissa University College in Kenya that killed nearly 150 people, mostly students;

Location: Somaliland;

Place of Birth: Somalia;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Somalian;

General Info:
Mahad Karate is also known as Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame. He is believed to be in his forties. He is a Deputy leader or emir in al-Shabaab terrorist group.

He played a key role in the wing of al-Shabaab terrorist group responsible for assassinations that is called the Amniyat.

He had a role in the attack on Garissa University College in April 2015 that resulted in 150 deaths.

Al-Shabaab’s intelligence wing is involved in suicide attacks and assassinations in Somalia, Kenya and other surrounding countries.

Also the wing provides logistics and support for al-Shabaab terrorist operations throughout the Horn of Africa.

The US Rewards for Justice program is offering $5 million for information that brings Karate to justice.