July 06,
2008 Reports reaching our service desk
indicate that a contingent of the Ethiopian
military visited a prison in the outskirts
of the city of Jigjiga on July 04th, 2008 at
around 8:00 PM local time. This prison is
locally known as the ‘Ogaden Jail'. It is
reported that the contingent of the
Ethiopian military attempted to access the
cellblock housing a respected Ogaden elder
held there. For unknown reasons, the
Ethiopian military was unable to access this
cellblock.
The Ethiopians were reported to have left
the jail but returned a couple of hours
later. Upon returning to the jail, the
contingent of the Ethiopian military are
reported to have disarmed all the prison
guards who were ethnic Somalis. It is
reported that the Ethiopians upon disarming
the prison guards started indiscriminate
firing to the prisoners who were at the time
resting outside their cellblocks.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that an unknown
number of death. Up to 4
prisoners are reported to have been injured.
As we reported earlier one of the injured prisoners is reported be
‘Suldaan Fowsi', a respected local elder,
however our reporters confirmed that Suldan
Fowsi wasn't among those injured and said is
doing fine.
--Ogaden Online News |
