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| Federal Govt troops clash at checkpoint in Afgoye |
| 2013-12-24 |
| MOGADISHU -- The Somali Federal Government troops have clashed in deadly battle at a checkpoint in Afgoye town of southern Somalia on Sunday as President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud re-launched Somalia's biometric Passport in Mogadishu , Garowe Online reports. Local reports say that an argument over the roadblock control degenerated into heavy fighting that lasted for hours, killing 8 people and wounding 10 others. "The armed confrontation lasted for hours and it left 8 people including three female civilians dead," said Afgoye resident. Somali Government forces were manning the checkpoint which links the market town of Afgoye to Bay regional capital of Baidoa. African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces are said to have arranged ceasefire between the opposing sides who had since been vying for the generation of tax from the vehicles travelling on the main highway. |
| Posted by:Steve White |