(SomaliNet) The mayor of Mogadishu Mohamed Omar Habeb ‘Mohamed Dhere’ on Wednesday accused Hawiye clan elders of being behind the bomb attacks in the city. Mohamed Dhere told the local media that those so called Hawiye clan elders were responsible for the unrest in Mogadishu after long investigation made by his authority. “We came to know that the elders of Hawiye are the plotters of the bomb attacks on the government positions and its allies with the help of the Islamist remnants” said Mohamed Dhere.
He said the reason that the Hawiye elders are doing this is to put pressure on the government. “We will take tough steps against the elders that oppose the stability in the capital,”
But Ahmed Dirie Ali, the spokesman for the Hawiye elders dismissed the allegation from the mayor of Mogadishu as baseless. “It is outrageous that Mr. Dhere lays the blame on Hawiye. I am saying that we, as Hawiye leaders, do not encourage any group that disturbs the peace nor do we have familiarity on perpetrators,” he said.
The news comes as the mayor imposed a curfew on parts of the volatile city last night in an effort to be in grip control of the security. On Sunday a roadside bomb explosion was targeted on a convoy carrying MogadishuÂ’s Mayor Mohamed Dhere in north of the capital killing two civilians.
In a statement, Mohamed Dhere said the attacker was shot dead by his guards as he was on top of a tree near the site of blast. “We are still following the terrorists and we will crack them down, we know that the remnants of the ousted Islamic Courts are hiding in Bakara market,” said Mohamed Dhere.