Gunmen kill two in central Somalia

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Gunmen kill two in central Somalia

 

Aweys Osman Yusuf

 

Mogadishu 29, May.07 ( Sh.M.Network) Two people were killed after gunmen opened fire on a commuter bus that was passing between Jalalaksi and Bulo Burde in Hiran province, central Somalia on Tuesday.

 

Residents reported that the number of armed robbers in the area has multiplied recently. The victims were the driver and a passenger, according to witnesses.

 

The local administration in the region has made no comments on the incident.

 

The news comes as the chairman of Baled Weyne, the main town of the province, was shot dead by unknown gunman in the Somali capital Mogadishu yesterday afternoon.

 

The chairman was back from the farming town of Baidoa, 245 km south of Mogadishu, and was intending to travel to Baled Weyne when unidentified man armed with a pistol shot the victim twice in the chest and escaped immediately, according to relatives.

 

Since the Ethiopian backed government seized control of the insurgent strongholds in north Mogadishu, several bombings were launched on the foreign troops including the vanguard Ugandan forces from the African Union.

 

The exiled Islamist leader in Eritrea, along with former parliament speaker who was fired in absentia, called on the Somali population to boycott the upcoming reconciliation conference and increased battling the foreign troops and the Ethiopian backed Somali interim government.

 

Despite the violence, Somali president, Abdulahi Yusuf, said the conference will take place in Mogadishu by mid June.

 

 

Shabelle Media Network Somalia

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