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2011-08-05 Africa Horn

Red Cross plans $86M more in aid for Somalia

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Posted by Steve White 2011-08-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

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Gunfire said to kill 7 as aid is looted in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Somali government troops opened fire Friday on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said.

Witnesses accused government soldiers of starting the chaos by trying to steal some of the 290 tons of dry rations as the aid workers tried to hand them out in the biggest camp in Mogadishu for famine refugees. Then refugees joined in the scramble, prompting some soldiers to open fire, the witnesses said.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-05 11:11|| 2011-08-05 11:11|| Front Page Top

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