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Ethiopian commander killed in Somalia |
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:37:47
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Ethiopian troops are in
shock after their
leader's death.
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Top commander of Ethiopian forces
in Somalia has been gunned down by
unidentified insurgents in the
war-torn country's capital
Mogadishu.
The Ethiopian leader was shot in the
head by unknown gunmen from a
building in the vicinity of the
Bakara market in central Mogadishu,
a government official told Press TV
on Sunday.
The riled Ethiopian troops leveled
the building to the ground. Whether
any of the insurgents have been
killed remains unknown.
Ethiopian troops are said to be in a
state of shock and confusion over
their leader's death.
The report added that more than 50
Ethiopian soldiers have also been
killed in clashes with heavily armed
rebels near the Somali Presidential
Palace on the same day.
Meanwhile, Mohamed Hassan Haad, the
chairman of the Hawiye clan -- the
largest and most powerful clan in
Somalia -- condemned Sunday's Bakara
market attack which left 40
civilians dead and 123 others
critically wounded, blaming the
Ethiopian troops and Somali
government forces for the tragic
event.
"Hostility actions from the
Ethiopian and the so-called Somali
government soldiers are not
acceptable," Haad said.
"The Ethiopians have killed
uncountable number of civilians and
they are the daily problem of
Somalis. They are committing
genocide and the Hwiye clan cannot
accept that," he stressed.
FF/BGH
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