A spokesman for the group, Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, said regarding the situation that "when our men arrived, they released the Muslims", but were holding Christians hostage.
组织发言人谢赫·阿里·马哈茂德·拉基描述了有关情况：“当我们的人抵达时，他们放走了穆斯林”，但却挟持了基督徒当人质。