Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The pro government Islamic Courts Union impose a day curfew in central town

The pro government Islamic Courts Union that controls the main part of Beledweyne town in Hiraan region in central Somalia have imposed a day curfew in the town, officials said on Tuesday. The move came after high rank government officials and some parliamentarians reached in the town on Tuesday. Somalia’s security minister Omar Hashi Aden and other government officials were killed in a suicide attacker in Beledweyne on Thursday. Mohamed Dhaqane Elmi, one of the Somali MPs who reached in Beledweyene today said he would pursue the activities of the security minister who was killed on Thursday’s suicide attack ,Al –Qaida´s suicide attach In Central Somalia
MOGADISHU. Residents said all business centers have been closed and the circulation of the traffic and the people halted. Pro government Islamic Courts soldiers could be seen patrolling in the streets of Beldeweyne and tightened the security of the city. The administration of the Islamic Courts Union said they would held a pres conference talking about the reasons they have imposed the curfew to the town. Islamist rebels includingAl-Shabaab control the west part of Beledweyne town. The Islamist rebels and the pro government Islamists once fought in the town.

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