(SomaliNet) At least four people were killed and dozen more were wounded on Monday when the Ethiopian forces raided parts of Beledwein city, 330km north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu. Several weaponry fires landed in villages located in Beledwein after fresh violence against the interim government injuring civilians. Ahmed Gobey Awale, the chairman of Beledwein confirmed to the local media that the Ethiopian forces stationing outskirt of the town fired artilleries into the civilian area in return to mortar attacks on their bases.
| Different rules of engagement, huh? |
"They use a knife, you use a gun. They use a gun, you use a bigger one. That's the Ethiopian way!"
Three of the wounded people were from same family. A very young baby was among the victims.
People in Beledwein of Hiran region in central Somalia are now worrying too much about the shelling which was the first to happen in the town since December 2006 when the Ethiopian led Somalia government soldiers drove out Islamists.
The insurgency acts in the war torn country of Somalia now seem to be spreading as the transitional government is trying to control the situation. On Sunday, a local militant hurled a grenade bomb at water tank truck hired by the Ethiopian forces in Beledwein city. No one was hurt in that explosion but the truck was damaged. After the explosion, the security forces arrested several people in connection the latest bomb attack.