(SomaliNet) A wounded Somali senior cleric who was captured in south Somalia during the pursuit of remnants of an Islamist movement ousted from the Somali capital Mogadishu in a war over the New Year was yesterday paraded by Ethiopian soldiers.| Sheikh Madobe said the aerial attack killed eight Islamist colleagues. He was caught and given medical treatment by Ethiopian troops. “All the others were killed. I sustained 13 injuries to my body,” he said, appealing to go to hospital. |
Bearded cleric Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Madobe – former Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) chairman for the southern town of Kismayu – told reporters he suffered more than a dozen bullet wounds after US planes fired on his forest hideout.
Sheikh Madobe said the aerial attack killed eight Islamist colleagues. He was caught and given medical treatment by Ethiopian troops. “All the others were killed. I sustained 13 injuries to my body,” he said, appealing to go to hospital.
Sheikh Madobe was allowed to shake hands with elders, friends and relatives, and speak briefly to media while guarded by soldiers at a dilapidated former government building. Sheikh Madobe said he was treated well by his Ethiopian captors, and called on Somalis to work with the government. |