SOMALIA: 11 Killed in Clan-based Clashes in Lower Shabelle Region
June 7, 2014
Mogadishu (RBC)
At least 11 people were killed today in clan-based clashes in the Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, where armed militias are fighting for the control of key towns, RBC Radio reports.
The Saturday’s clashes started following high tensions in the region over the past week, according to regional governor Mohamed Abdukadir Nur.
The clashes affected hundreds of residents and farmers in El-Waergow, Shalanbod and Janale towns, which are part of the newly taken over western-supported districts of the region by the Somali National Army backed by the African Union forces in Somalia. The western-backed military units say that have been in control over the past months from Al Shabab.
“We are very upset by these wicked clashes. We call for immediate cease,” Governor Nur said.
He claims that armed gangs are involved in these clashes with the aim of looting property and displacing the civilians.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed has this afternoon held urgent meetings with Members of the Parliament and elders from the clans to pressure them to help obtain a cease fire in the ongoing cashes in the region.
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Mogadishu (RBC)
At least 11 people were killed today in clan-based clashes in the Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, where armed militias are fighting for the control of key towns, RBC Radio reports.
The Saturday’s clashes started following high tensions in the region over the past week, according to regional governor Mohamed Abdukadir Nur.
The clashes affected hundreds of residents and farmers in El-Waergow, Shalanbod and Janale towns, which are part of the newly taken over western-supported districts of the region by the Somali National Army backed by the African Union forces in Somalia. The western-backed military units say that have been in control over the past months from Al Shabab.
“We are very upset by these wicked clashes. We call for immediate cease,” Governor Nur said.
He claims that armed gangs are involved in these clashes with the aim of looting property and displacing the civilians.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed has this afternoon held urgent meetings with Members of the Parliament and elders from the clans to pressure them to help obtain a cease fire in the ongoing cashes in the region.
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