Mohamed Osman Irro

Mohamed Osman Irro
محمد عثمان إرو
Died 1978
Allegiance  Somalia
Service/branch Somali National Army
Rank Colonel

Mohamed Osman Irro (Somali: Maxamed Ismaan Cirro, Arabic: محمد عثمان إرو‎) (died 1978), also known as Mohamed Sheikh Osman Irro (Maxamad Shiikh Cismaan Cirro)[1][2] or Mohamoud Sheikh Osman Irro (Maxamuud Sheekh Cismaan Cirro),[3] was a prominent Somali military figure.

Biography

A Colonel in the Somali National Army (SNA), Mohamed Osman Irro was among the military officials that were executed by the government on suspicion of involvement in the abortive 1978 coup d'état. He was held to have been the group leader.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mohamed Osman Omar, The road to zero: Somalia's self-destruction, (HAAN Associates: 1992), p.125.
  2. ↑ Dagaalkii Ogaadeenya - Casgarkii XXX-aad
  3. ↑