Six soldiers killed as rival Somali forces clash in Hawadley

At least six soldiers have been killed and several others wounded on Sunday night when rival Somali government forces clashed in remote areas in outskirt of Jowha, witnesses said.

Clashes erupted when soldiers clashed with another unit from a rival subclan over the controlling of the areas,

“The clashes broke out last night when two units of the government soldiers clashed. At least six soldiers have died and several others are injured,” said a local resident in Hawaadley villages where the soldiers fought.

Military leaders and Jowhar district commissioner declined to give comment the incident.

According to reports, Commanders from the military forces succeeded to calm down the situation and the fighting has now subsided

The infighting between the militias within the armed forces has been a reoccurring event in the past few months claiming the lives of many of civilian lives.

Somalia has been struggling to reconstitute its army, which collapsed with the government back in 1991, plunging the country into over two decades of chaos after warlords overthrew the country’s former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.