(SomaliNet) Dozens of Somali worshipers were arrested when the Ethiopian foces along with the Somali's government soldiers raided a mosque in Baidoa city, the base for transitional parliament, 250km southwest of the Somalia capital, witnesses said on Monday. Late yesterday, the join forces were reportedly surrounded the mosque in Baidoa as the worshipers were praying Asir prayer. "We found that we were circled by the soldiers and after the Asir prayer we were lined up at the outside of mosque and led to the custody," said one of the worshipers. Some of the detained Sikhs were later released.
The arrests came day after when an Ethiopian soldier was gunned down near the mosque. Some reports say that this might be linked with the killing of the soldier. Since the latest killing of that soldier on Saturday, the Ethiopian left no stone turned in Baidoa, southwest of Somalia to find those who were responsible for death of one of their soldiers who was shopping inside the market.