Source: Shabelle Media Network
05 January 2011
Galka'yo(Sh. M. Network) – Local clan militiamen on Wednesday clashed in a village in central Somalia.
Witnesses told Shablle that the clash erupted in Ji'dhere village about 25 KM north of Galka'yo town in Mudug region, killing four and wounding more than 2 others.
The confrontation is said to be very heavy as crackling of machine gun fire and shoulder launched missiles could be heard in the countryside closed to Ji'dhere village.
The root cause is said that each tribe wants to reside where grass and water could be found as severe droughts had struck in many region in south-central Somalia.
Local residents expressed a deep concern about the repeated fraternal clans' combats in the central Somalia. No one has stood to mediate between warring tribal militias so far.
Reports emanating from the village suggest shaky calm returned to the area as the two parts are preparing for another clash.
05 January 2011
Galka'yo(Sh. M. Network) – Local clan militiamen on Wednesday clashed in a village in central Somalia.
Witnesses told Shablle that the clash erupted in Ji'dhere village about 25 KM north of Galka'yo town in Mudug region, killing four and wounding more than 2 others.
The confrontation is said to be very heavy as crackling of machine gun fire and shoulder launched missiles could be heard in the countryside closed to Ji'dhere village.
The root cause is said that each tribe wants to reside where grass and water could be found as severe droughts had struck in many region in south-central Somalia.
Local residents expressed a deep concern about the repeated fraternal clans' combats in the central Somalia. No one has stood to mediate between warring tribal militias so far.
Reports emanating from the village suggest shaky calm returned to the area as the two parts are preparing for another clash.
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