Tonight’s contestants are Mohammed Abu Abdul, a freedom fighter from Kismayo, Sudan; Abdul Mohammed Abu, a jihadist from Kismayo, Sudan; and Abu Abdul Mohammed, a terrorist from Kismayo, Sudan.
Here’s how AFP reports the shocking – but somehow not so shocking – story:
The radio-broadcast quiz organised by the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab organisation in the southern Somali city of Kismayo lasted throughout Ramadan, which ended last month.
Five neighborhoods of the port city entered the competition, which consisted mainly of questions on science, culture and the Koran.
The winners – a team from Farjano district – were given a first prize consisting of one AK-47 assault rifle, two hand grenades, an anti-tank landmine and office supplies at a ceremony attended by hundreds of residents.
“The team in the first place gets the weapons and office equipment worth upward of 1,000 dollars,” Sheikh Abdullahi Alhaq said, sparking cheers and applause in the crowd.
“It was a wonderful event because I have never seen students being rewarded with weapons as a result of an education competition”, Mohamed Hersi, a Kismayo trader who attended the ceremony, told AFP.
The quiz show’s runners-up had to settle for an AK-47 and ammunition.
Alex Trebek must be turning over in his grave. What’s that? Alex is still alive? Could have fooled us.
Source: AFP via Tim Blair
