Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 06, Jan.07 ( Sh.M.Network) - At least seven persons were injured after government forces fired shots at the demonstrators that were shattering shop windows and stoning buses in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday.

Several hundreds of young people staged anti-disarmament demonstrations in the capital Mogadishu.

Protestors were angry at the government’s plan to disarm the civilian population. All shops and business places in the capital were closed.

The demonstrators burnt tires, chanting anti-Ethiopian slogans. The government forces are still trying to disperse the demonstrators.

Most of the people in Mogadishu have been angered by the government’s disarmament plan after nearly 1,000 Somali troops from the semi-autonomous regional government of Puntland were reported to be taking part in the disarmament.
The demonstrations that are still taking place in different locations in the capital hampered ordinary people from going to their business and work places.

Islamist released

The news comes as former Islamic Courts chairman of Baledweyn, central Somalia, Farhan Moalim, was released last night after the government forces had arrested him earlier.

Government forces caught Sheik Farhan Moalim late Friday afternoon. He was Islamic Courts chairman of Hiran provincial town of Baledweyn. He was released last night after local tribal elders convened with government officials in the area.

The government announced a week ago that it extended an amnesty to all former Islamists if they surrendered themselves and handed their weapons over to the government.

Witnesses said Moalim is now being guarded at his house in Baledweyn in faer that local militias may kill him.

Shabelle Media Network Somalia
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