30 Dead as Calm Returns to Central Somalia

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By Abdulaziz Billow


Calm returned yesterday in Dusomareb town in Central Somalia after heavy fighting between the rival sides erupted in the town leaving 30 people dead. Deadly fighting erupted between forces loyal to the Islamist clerics of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a and the Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahdieen faction, sources say. This is the second time the two factions have engaged in war over the control of the town.

However Al –Shabaab’s spokesperson Sheik Ali Mohammud Raghe (Sheikh Ali Dere) said that they have officially taken over the control of the town. Reports say that most of the people who were displaced during the clashes have returned to their homes as calm returned today. It has been estimated that 50 people were killed mainly civilians in both the clashes. There were no comments from the spokesperson of Ahlu sunnah Waljama’a over the two day war but locals say that Ahlu sunnah Waljama’a clerics had imposed a night curfew but the situation was back to normal as businesses have opened and vehicles are back on the road.