Akhbaar

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.