(SomaliNet) The transitional federal government in Somalia has moved into steps tightening the security in the capital Mogadishu after days of mortar, rocket and grenade attacks, killing scores of people and wounding others more, and also caused many residents to flee their homes. The government, which faces strong opposition, on Tuesday night deployed hundreds of its troops in many streets that are key to the traffic to prevent any attack from the insurgents groups. Ibrahim Omar Sabrie known as ‘Shaweye’ the deputy mayor of Mogadishu today told Somalinet that the security forces have put up several checkpoints in the capital to keep an eye with what he called ‘the anti government elements’ sneaking through Mogadishu. “Here in the capital, there are troublemakers who oppose the peace and like to live in anarchy so those are the ones we are targeting – the security forces will use any means to hunt down the misled militia whose work is to harm the civilians,” Shaweye said.
Despite no mortars launched in Mogadishu last night, a large number of people, among them women and children, could be seen fleeing Mogadishu on Wednesday morning to other provinces in the country. Normally all the roads to the areas of presidential palace, seaport, airports, hotels based by the government officials in Mogadishu are cut off, starting from the evening where the heavily armed allied forces of Somalia and Ethiopia are on alert and stopping people using these streets for security reasons. People in the capital, those live near the areas in particular began moving from their homes in fear of being target of insurgent attacks.
To prevent more violence and nighttime bombing, some of the districts in Mogadishu conduct efforts to form local paid militias to protect the villages from the attackers