Somali soldiers arrested over teacher’s killing in Beladweyne town

At least two Somali soldiers have been arrested in connection with allegations of civilian murder after incident in which gunmen killed a teacher in Somalia’s town Beladweyne in Hiraan region officials said on Wednesday.

The arrests of the two soldiers were made after the security forces launched operation to pursue assailants who killed Mohamed Abdullahi Hashi on Monday night.

The arrest of two soldiers who are facing murder charges has been announced by Hiraan police commissioner, Ali Mohamed Abdi.

“Our forces arrested two prime suspects who are government soldiers and they are still under investigations” said Ali.

Hashi was killed by unknown

The victims were traveling in autorickshow in Beladweyn town when two armed Somali soldiers fired on the vehicle without identified reason.