Laba-X Posted January 25, 2005 Gaashaanle Dhexe, Yuusuf Axmed Sareenle oo ahaa Taliyaha Qaybta Booliiska, isla markaana ahaa Guddoomiyaha Guddiga was gunned down near his residence on Sunday! May Allah have mercy on his Soul! MOGADISHU - Masked gunmen early on Sunday shot and killed Somalia's police chief, who was investigating the desecration of an Italian cemetery in the bullet-scarred capital Mogadishu, his family said. General Yusuf Ahmed Sarenle was shot dead early today by masked gunmen,?said one of his relatives, who requested anonymity. Sarenle, who headed a skeleton police force formed by former Somali president Abdulkassim Salat Hassan in 2000, was buried in Mogadishu later on Sunday. Under orders from Islamic courts, gunmen dug up the Italian cemetery in the Suka Hola neighborhood of south Mogadishu on Tuesday and took the remains to a dump along the city抯 southern Indian Ocean shore. Islamic clerics have distanced themselves from the exhumations, which sparked howls of protest from Rome and the Catholic church. Several sources in Somalia linked Sarenle's killing to the cemetery saga. Somalia, with a population of about 10 million, was plunged into anarchy after strongman Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled in 1991, and the Horn of Africa country became a patchwork of fiefdoms governed by unruly warlords. A new Somali government, which has remained exiled in Kenya since its formation last year, has no control over freelance gunmen equipped with a fearsome array of firearms and ready to carry out any assignment for pay in the shattered nation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4200083.stm Mogadishu police chief shot dead Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead the police chief in the capital, Mogadishu. It is not clear why Gen Yusuf Ahmed Sarinle was targeted, but correspondents suggest it may be because he backed the deployment of foreign peacekeepers. Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991 with militias dividing it into fiefdoms. A new Somali government has been named and is due to start relocating to Mogadishu from Kenya on 1 February. Motive unclear Gen Sarinle's relatives said four men armed with pistols and AK-47 guns forced entry into the police chief's flat in his home village of Hamar-bile south of Mogadishu at 0800 (0500 GMT) on Sunday. The general was reportedly shot seven times in the chest and head. The gunmen then fled in a waiting Toyota pick-up. The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in the city says Sarinle's had supported the new government's efforts to deploy African peacekeepers and disarm militias. Insecurity, organised crime and lawlessness have reached alarming proportions in Mogadishu since the formation of the government, our correspondent says. Islamic courts, which have sought to extend their influence in the absence of a government, have vowed to fight the peacekeepers. But another reason for his killing has been advanced: Gen Sarinle had also been in charge of investigating the recent destruction of an Italian colonial cemetery by militiamen in Mogadishu. Some 700 graves in the cemetery were destroyed and their human remains dumped elsewhere. Mogadishu was under Italian colonial control until World War II and many of the graves belong to Italian soldiers and expatriates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Posted January 25, 2005 Ilaah ha u naxariisto. I heard of his death yesterday. I believe his brother was also killed two months ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
