(SomaliNet) The National Security commission in the transitional federal government, Said Wednesday around 3,000 policemen who recently completed training course joined the security forces in the capital to speed up the operations of restoring peace and preventing what they called ‘the peace killers’ In a closed doors meeting held in Mogadishu, Somalia capital, the national security commission and the authority of Banadir province discussed over the security concerns in the city. Speaking to the reporters after the meeting, Mogadishu’s mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb ‘Mohamed Dhere’ said the 3,000 newly trained police forces were handed over to the Banadir police chief Ali Saed. “The new policemen who had completed a course of training joined the police to establish the security in the capital,” said Mohamed Dhere.
When asked whether the curfew imposed on Mogadishu will be lifted, Mr. Mohamed Dhere replied that the blackout was initially imposed on the city for security concerns. “Until the security is restored, the curfew will remain in effect,” He said the most important thing is to fight against those who wage bombings and ambush attacks in the capital. “The security threat still exists in the city so we have to get rid of the plotters,”
Meanwhile, Mogadishu, the most volatile city in the horn of African region has been quiet for the past 24 hours, no explosions and gun shots were heard, people are doing their normal duties before the dusk comes when curfew habitually starts.