Mogadishu (insidesomalia.org) - Dozens of members of an Islamist insurgent group handed themselves over to Somalia's interim government in the capital on Sunday, police said.

"Forty-nine fighters from al-Shabab surrendered to the authorities in Mogadishu this morning," said a police officer who asked not to be named. He was referring to the military wing of a sharia courts group ousted from the capital last year.

He gave no other details, and insurgent leaders could not immediately be reached for comment.

Somalia's government and its Ethiopian allies face a persistent Islamist insurgency in Mogadishu. Rights workers say fighting in the capital killed 6,500 people last year.

Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Omer Habeb has detailed the fighters while he was participating the hand over ceremony and he told that representatives from the insurgents have contacted his authority.

Mohamed Dhere told they are welcoming what he pointed the boys who decided to join government forces.
There is no immediate report from the Islamic courts union to wards these surrendered insurgents.   

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