BALANBAL (Mareeg.com ) – Fighting between Ethiopian troops and young Somalis has broken out in parts of the Somali region under the control of Ethiopia on Tuesday morning, witnesses say.
Reports say that the fighting started at Jeed village, between Balanbal and Lasanod village which is 70 kilometers to the west of Balanbal district of Galgudud region in central Somalia and controlled by Ethiopia.
Sources said that fighting came as the more of the Ethiopian forces of the New police attacked Jeed village where there had been more young Somali people who had fought with the Ethiopian troops who were recently making military movement in the area.
Before the Ethiopian troops attacked the village they had opened fire to Somali civilians at Fadhigarale in the Somali region where they had wounded three civilians whose injuries rushed to Balanbal district in central Somalia according to witnesses who said that they had fled from their houses as the clash started.
It is unclear the reason of the Ethiopian troops’ attack and also the real casualties of the fighting.
It was 9th of last month as the Ethiopian troops attacked Eldibir village where they had killed more than 20 Somalis, most of them elders of the region.
