 (SomaliNet) The interim government troops together with Ethiopian forces Sunday have launched house to house search operation for weapons in parts of the southern port city of Kismayu 500 km (310 miles) south of the Somalia capital Mogadishu.
In the search operation for arms in Kismayu, soldiers went into houses where they reportedly confiscated more guns and rocket propels grenades. Residents of the neighborhoods searched reported that at least four people were taken away from their houses towards Kismayu airport, about 12 km south of the main town. It is not yet clear why those people were taken away, but residents said they were seized when a large cache of weapons was found at the houses they lived in.
| So I think we can make an educated guess as to why they were taken away ... |
The house-to-house search for arms in Kismayu came as an Ethiopian soldier was shot dead and another one was wounded in the biggest market of Kismayu in southren Somalia on 25 January after men armed with pistols ambushed the two Ethiopian soldiers reportedly shopping at the market. The gunmen snatched the soldiersÂ’ AK 47 rifles and disappeared without trace.
| Yup, one guess and one guess only ... |
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