(SomaliNet) The Ethiopian forces in Somalia have confiscated on Wednesday a large number of weapons hidden in Mogadishu neighborhood, according to local officials. | The arms cache was found in a house located in Yaqshid neighborhood in Mogadishu where it was hidden under Koranic School. |
The arms cache was found in a house located in Yaqshid neighborhood in Mogadishu where it was hidden under Koranic School. Journalists were shown the arms mostly antitank mines and mortars. The confiscated weapons comprise of 106 land mines, 460 F-1 bomb s and 48 RPGs, according to the police commissioner. A convoy of about 25 armored vehicles accompanied officials to the site where the handover took place.
In the meantime, the Ethiopian forces carried in an early morning raid in Irtogle, the biggest weapons market in Somalia taking away all the arms that were found in locked stores.
Meanwhile, the Somali transitional government has today issued warnings to residents in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Abdi Qeybdid, commander of the Somali national police force, notified Mogadishu inhabitants that their homes would be impounded if weapons like mortars and rockets are found in or under their homes. |