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Somalia: AU troops
open fire on a caravan of camels
Mogadishu Sunday 13 Sep 2009 Shaaficiyah

The African Union troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu
have overnight opened deliberate fire on a caravan of camels
passing near their barbed wire fence near Adan Ade international
airport.
At around 9:15pm local time the African Union sentries
have overnight opened indiscriminate fire on a caravan of
camels traveling on the highway near the airport, and killed
8 he camels and 4 she camels and wounded dozen of others
said Rage Ali a resident living around the airport speaking
to Somaliweyn radio.
An African Union soldier who was among the soldiers who have
opened the fire on the caravan of the camels and requested
his name not to be disclosed in the media told Somaliweyn
radio that in the first place they never thought these were
camels, but people intending to attack them, and have simultaneously
opened fire on the camel.
The camel herders and officials of the African Union have
on Sunday came together to discuss about the issue, and some
reports we are getting from the African Union barracks in
Mogadishu, says that the AU troops have agreed to pay compensation
the camel owners.
It was sometimes in the mid of 2008 when the Ethiopian troops
in Somalia have similarly opened fire on a caravan of camels
traveling along the industrial area in Mogadishu.

Mohamed Omar Hussein
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