The arrest of locals getting more and more

[rudy-Diiriye]

Somalia: Government Arrests Well-Respected People

Sun. July 01, 2007 10:43 pm.- By Mohamed Abdi Farah. - Send this news article

 

Somalia government security forces on Sunday have arrested around 20 people including well respected traditional elders and businessmen from Huriwa district, north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu.

 

The people were detained as they were meeting in a house located in Huriwa district after they were surrounded by heavily armed government soldier with battle wagons.

 

It is not yet clear why these local people were taken into custody but according to local sources found by Somalinet say that they were conducting anti government plans.

 

The arrests came as Mogadishu saw a number of ambush attacks on the government positions and their allied forces.

 

Meanwhile, the body of a man was found in front of the former Pasta factory in north of Mogadishu where stationed by Ethiopian forces.

 

No one knows who was behind the killing but residents told Somalinet they suspect that the Ethiopian soldiers in the compound killed the man as they had heard the sounds of gun shots. The body appeared to be tortured.