(SomaliNet) The 45-day SomaliÂ’s reconciliation conference has been concluded on Thursday in Mogadishu, where the U.N. secretary-general's special representative to Somalia Francois Lonseny Fall and other international delegates attended the ceremony of the meetingÂ’s closure. The security was heavily tightened as hundreds of forces were deployed in all streets of the capital to prevent any attacks from the opposition groups.
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The occasion of ending the congress came as many Somali peace delegates are not in a good mood complaining about the lack of payment.
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Meanwhile, two civilians got injured in police shootouts after two grenade bomb attacks in the capital. The first explosion happened on the main industry road near the former match and cigarette factory where bomb was thrown at the police. In Wardhigley district, the soldiers arrested several people suspected in connection with the bomb attack.
General Abdiwahid Mohamed Hussein, the police spokesman said the city was quiet except two bomb incidents which the police succeeded to arrest the some of the attackers. “In Wardhigley district, the police forces confiscated a group of militants and their trying to escape after throwing bomb, also on the industry road, the soldiers arrested a man after he hurled grenade bomb,” said Mohamed.