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Somalia: Oromo man kidnapped in Beledweine
 (SomaliNet) A Muslim Oromo cleric man is reported to have been kidnapped by unknown men in Beledwiene, the capital city of Hiran region in central Somalia on Wednesday. The cleric who was identified as Sheikh Suleiman, well known man among society who has been several years in the town and used to recite the Holy Koran to the villagers, was taken by unknown men from his home telling him to narrate Koran on a sick woman in somewhere in the town, one of the residents told Somalinet. The kidnappers had not used any weapons for their abduction He had a center for Koran recitation in Howlwadag village in Beledweine. There were conflicting reports from the kidnap of Sheikh Suleiman. Some reports say he has been kidnapped by men who want to hand over Ethiopia and was being held in west of Beledweine town, while other sources say the Sheikh was abducted and taken to Ferfer border village in Ethiopia where he was extradited to Ethiopian troops. But there are no confirmed reports on the right motive of the kidnapping of Sheikh Suleiman, a Koranic teacher who is widely known by Beledwienes people. He was from Oramia region in Ethiopia Villagers in the Beledweine condemned the abduction of Sheikh Suleiman asked for the new Islamic court in the town to try to free the Sheikh. Posted by: Fred 2006-07-06 |
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