Somalia: 2 of the UN compound raiders in Wajid district caught

Mogadishu Tuesday 18 August 2009

As to the reports Somaliweyn radio is receiving from Wajid district where World Food Programme complex was attacked a night ago says that two of the gangs who have raided at the premises are caught.

The town elders and the Al-Shabab movement who are in control of the town had come together for immediate meeting after the raid in the night, and set a committee to follow up who the raiders were, and the committee have caught two of the raiders.

Both the town elders and the officials of Al-Shabab have strongly condemned the attack carried on the UN compound.

The report also adds that the two who were wounded during the night of the clash are now under tight security and receiving medical treatment in Wajid district.

The expatriates who were in Wajid district have gone to Nairobi the capital of Kenya for security grounds.

On the other hand the United Nations have condemned the raid on their compound in Wajid and said that this will be the 4th attack on UN compound in Somalia within a period of 2 months.

Mohammed Omar Hussein

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