One of the Hiiran regional administration planners killed

[Koora-Tuunshe]

It's time the clansmen in Hiiraan and other regions mobilize and defend their territory and people from clan-garbed Alshabaabs. The Government is too stretched to protect its citizens.

 

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Hiiraan Online

Saturday, June 21, 2008

 

Beled Weyn, Somalia (HOL) - A former member of Ethiopian troops who currently works with the regional administration of Hiiraan was shot dead in front of a café in the centre of the city of Beledweyne, in Hiiraan, by a man armed with a handgun. The deceased man’s name was given only as Kuusow.

 

An eye witness told HOL that the killer ordered the deceased man to come out the café then started to shoot him. Soon afterwards the sound of guns were heard in the district of Howlwadaage where the killing took place. According the eye witness, troops belonging to Hiiraan regional administration were firing their guns.

 

A senior officer in the regional administration told HOL that the deceased man used to belong to Ethiopia’s federal military but deserted them several years ago and since then has been working with various regional administrations of Hiiraan region. The officer added that the deceased has been actively working with the current regional administration in the areas of security.

 

It is not clear yet as to who is behind the assassination although some in the city are saying that groups opposed to the TFG and the presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia to be responsible for the killing.

 

It is the first time such a killing takes place in the centre of the city since the current administration headed by governor Mohamed Ahmed Dhagaweyne has been appointed by the TFG. It is not clear how the regional administration will react to the killing of a member of their security forces.

 

The security situation in the city of Beletweyne has been deteriorating in recent days. This killing will only increase the sense of insecurity among the city’s residents.

 

 

 

Hiiraan Online

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

[Castro]

Beled Weyn, Somalia (HOL) - A former member of Ethiopian troops who currently works with the regional administration of Hiiraan was shot dead in front of a café in the centre of the city of Beledweyne, in Hiiraan, by a man armed with a handgun. The deceased man’s name was given only as Kuusow.

Extra-judicial killings are really not the solution to curb this epidemic of dabadh!lifnimo we are suffering from.

 

Who knows why this late "Kuusow" decided to become a collaborator? Money? Jago? Revenge? Brainwash? Furthermore, who knows if he has repented and realized the error of his ways?

 

We don't even know if the Ethiopians killed him for being a double agent.

[Fabregas]

How does one work for the Ethiopian army and hail from Hiiraan :confused: