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| Police raid foils bomb attack in Mogadishu |
| 2007-06-02 |
| (SomaliNet) The district commissioner in Hamar-Weyne neighborhood, south of Mogadishu, Somalia capital said on Friday that the district’s security forces have carried out wider security operation for the last 24 hours foiling an attempt of bomb attack. In a news conference held today in Hamar-Weyne, the district commissioner Abdulahi Ibrahim Sahal said the security raid was successful as the soldiers prevented acts to jeopardize stability. “Yesterday the police in the district have spotted armed suspected men dressed in military uniform who wanted to launch an attack on the police station but failed. The attackers escaped unharmed,” said Ibrahim. He urged the people in Hamar-Weyne to work with the police to prevent against any acts that might destabilize the situation. Mr. Ibrahim asked the regional authority in Banadir to help him ensure the security denying the escalation of insecurity in Hamar-Weyne. The move by the police in Hamar-Weyne came after the Mayor of Mogadishu Mohamed Omar Habeb ‘Mohamed Dhere’ scolded the district commissioners in the capital for negligence towards security the stability. |
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