Somalia: Low flying helicopters over Baladweyn town

Mogadishu Tuesday 15 Sep 2009 Shaaficiyah

Unspecified number of helicopters flying in a low range were on Tuesday morning hovering in the atmosphere of Baladweyn town the headquarters of Hiran region in central Somalia.

“In the early hours of Tuesday morning the residents of Baladweyn town have sighted choppers floating over their heads releasing out aggressive scary sounds, we all dashed for cover, why we did so is because we heard that there were helicopters which have raided in a village

near the coastal town of Baravo, killed a senior Al-Shabab officer, and shocked the inhabitants in the area” Khalif Adan a resident in Baladweyn town speaking to Somaliweyn radio.
A part of Baladweyn town is controlled by Al-Shabab, while another part is controlled by the Somali government.

The actual motive behind these aircrafts is not manifest, despite there are rumors that the American governments will crackdown the movement of Al-Shabab in any means in Somalia.

It was merely on Monday when American commandos have killed one their top wanted men in Somalia in a very systematically organized raid in a village near Baravo district in the lower shabelle region in southern Somalia.

Mohammed Omar Hussein