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| Security forces shoot it out with gunnies in Dhalea |
| 2010-10-09 |
| The southern city of Dhalea witnessed violent clashes between security forces and bully boys, following a security campaigns on the city houses in search for wanted elements. Locals told opposition sources that security forces raided several houses and arrest- ed dozens of people and relatives of those wanted by police, including some leaders of the Southern Mobility. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the security campaigns were met with armed resistance from those who refused to surrender themselves, which developed and extended for more than 15 hours, resulting in a number of casualties among the security and the citizens. Government sources confirmed that a curfew was put in practice as anyone seen in the streets of Dhalea after 6pm was imprisoned by security forces. According to the same source, the armed clashes evolved rapidly, especially after the intervention of new military units in the city and tanks bombing the houses. The con- flict resulted in the death of one soldier and wounding 6 others in addition to a woman and a boy, 15. Seven houses were bombed during the governmental raids. The city's residents lost electricity power immediately as well as any kind of commu- nication link or network. The government also cancelled all telephone networks late last week. For his part, Chief of Dhalea Security, Ghazi Ahmed Ali said that the clashes are still continuing with the outlaws; and we don't have statistics about the injuries, in- flicted by the fighting. Ghazi said that 6 of the security soldiers were maimed in the clashes, all of whom were transferred to the hospital for treat- ment. He told the same source that the goal of the campaign carried out by security forces is to search for faceless myrmidons wanted by police, who are accused of targeting security forces and army during the last period and outlaw persons. He explained that the soldiers become threaten of being targeted by outlaw ele- ments, and that these elements have various weapons including machine guns, bombs, missiles, RPG's, sniper rifles and other weap- ons. At the same time, he wondered about their identities, as he was surprised that civilians can carry such weapons and target people from time to time. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Link doesn't work. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-10-09 14:02 |