Al-Shabab Twitter Account Suspended
Somali Islamist group used the account to issue threats
The Twitter account of Somali militant group al-Shabab has been suspended, after it was used to threaten to kill Kenyan hostages.
Al-Shabab launched its Twitter account in December 2011, after Kenyan troops went into Somalia to combat it.
Earlier this month, it used Twitter to announce it would kill a French hostage and then said it had done so.
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