Somalia: Clan Fighting Kills Five in Southern Somalia
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
5 August 2007
Posted to the web 5 August 2007
Mogadishu
At least five people have been killed and a dozen more has been wounded after two clan militias clashed in Jilib district, about 380 kilometers south of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Residents said the fighting which has started last night has been ongoing on Sunday as both militias using heavy weaponries were facing off in the town.
Col. Abdul Hirey, the leader of heavily armed militiamen reportedly from Kismayu, 500 KM south of Mogadishu, told Shabelle by the phone that the he was leading the government troops.
"I am leading Somalia's armed forces. We are from the third brigade in Kismayu and we are fighting a group of armed robbers based in Jilib. Every Somali person knows that the local militias have been notorious for armed robbery, rape and killing, so we decided to crack down on them," he said.
He said five people were killed from both sides, accusing the government official in the town of being inactive, threatening that the fighting will last until "we secure Jilib and the surrounding areas."
Meanwhile the chairman of Jilib, Dahir Dooro, told Shabelle that the gun battle was taking place between two clan militias. "The situation is calm now and there are elders from both clans trying to establish peace talks between them," he said.
Dooro said he was hopeful that mediation will bring solution to the fighting.
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