Security force nab three suspects for murderin Afgooye

Three people have been apprehended in connection with the murder of five people in Afgooye town, 30 Km south Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu.

Afgooye district commissioner, Abdinasir Moalim spoke to Goobjoog News said the three suspects were arrested after security forces launched an operation to pursue the perpetrators who killed a mother and her children and separately a well known traditional elder.

“Our security forces put three people behind the bars and we also recovered six AK47s from the suspects,” said Moalim.

Moalim noted that there are other killed who are being hotly pursued by the security forces.

Sources say on Friday night, the arrival of the corpses of brutally killed traditional elder in a raid, has sparked emotion leading to mourners to venting their anger on a nearby suburb, where the other clan member are the majority dwellers.

Afgooye town, which is the epicenter of the conflict pitting two Somali clans, has become a deserted town, as members of the rival clans left toward areas, which their community are the majority to avoid been caught in retaliatory raids by marauding clan militia.

The two warring clans have over the years been fighting for supremacy and control of the district that has degenerated into clashes.

The clashes led to the government deploying a contingent of security personnel to quell the clashes mid last year.

 

Tension and conflict between the two clans have historically resulted from competition for natural resources, but recently the emerging tensions are attributed to political disagreements over governance issues.