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| Gunmen slay Somali official, others |
| 2008-03-18 |
| Gunmen kill a police official and several others in Afgoye town in Somalia, in a recent spate of violence against the nation's officials. A group of 8 insurgents armed with pistols killed the deputy police commander Abdull Khadir Jabra in Somalia's town of Afgoye on the spot. Shortly afterwards, they fled the area, Press TV correspondent reported. All the soldiers and officers at the scene were also shot dead, the report said. Meanwhile, the local residents are fleeing the area amid fears that the death of the high-profile police officer may trigger the influx of Ethiopian troops into the area. Once in the area, Ethiopian troops will arrest innocent people or slaughter them. |
| Posted by:Fred |