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Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Shot Dead TFG Soldier
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
11 February 2008
Posted to the web 12 February 2008
Mogadishu
The Ethiopian troops in Afgoi district 30km from Mogadishu have killed one of the transitional government forces in Lower Shabelle region on Tuesday morning witnesses said.
The shot dead soldier namely Muse Mo,alin Ban was hit on the frontage of the face by Ethiopian soldiers as he was on patrol in Godey village of Afgoi district which he was well-known in it after he opened a fire in the direction of Ethiopian soldiers arrived in the village at the same time the Ethiopian soldiers were as well transient in that area killed him as soon as he opened a fire at them as resident Mohamud Ghelle told Shabelle English service.
It's the first time that Ethiopian soldiers knowingly killed TFG soldier in Lower Shabelle region.
This incident comes as thousands of IDP's fled from the capital in Afgoi district following heavy battles, frightening artily bangs and explosions rocked in the city which made reason the fleeing of those residents.
There are also thousands of IDP's huts on the sides of Afgoi stretched road those run away from the capital following the city became closed to lonely situetion following fighting hits and stray bullets and artilleries killed hundreds of Mogadishu residents.
The livelihood of the IDP's is dissimilar from the one they were in living in Mogadishu, because those used to live in stylish houses are now became living matching houses together with the poverty ones, although there some are rather smarter chalets recently built in the district but there living standard entirely distorted compared with their Mogadishu livelihood way.
Hawa Haji is a mother of six she used live in Mogadishu at home a German style villa house but now she resided a shanty house in Elasha Biyaha area as Shabelle English service visited at her new dwelling scene she told that her livelihood has completely changed although the IDP's are better life than each other for economical reasons.
"I used to live in in Howlwadag district of Mogadishu I runaway from my abode before four months after unharmed mortar landed on our home when I heard sudden bang- Jug, Jug, Jug, Jug, Jug- and ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. Ta firing of guns I didn't decide to stay on in Mogadishu at that time and I had to moved out on the next early morningf from it" Hawa said sitting in her new-unsatisfied house.
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Also the IDP's have expressed concern about United Nation's decision towards the wrapping up of its activities in Somalia since they used to obtain some caring items including foodstuff, hut shadowed plastic bags and others from the organization as the charity told that there were security reasons causing the pull out of its international workers and activities from Somalia.
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