In 2009 this region was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed or attacked Amisom from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site.Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Stig Jarle Hansen This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.Heart of a Stranger - Page 37, Nora Foster Stovel - 2003
