BELEDWEYNE (TF.SF)—Government soldiers in Beledweyne town in Hiraan region in central Somalia have conducted operations in the town overnight, witnesses said on Wednesday.
The soldiers captured ten people during their operations in the town, but they have released three of them after the operations. Somali government forces assumed full control of Beledweyne on Sunday after driving Hisbul Islam rebels out of town. The government officials said they made the operations in three districts in the town to secure the security of the city. Three civilians were wounded in Beledweyne on Monday after an explosion targeted one the of the government vehicles. For the past several months, Beledweyne, near the Ethiopian border and about 320 kilometers north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, has been divided between government and pro-government forces in the east of the city and Hisbul Islam rebels in the west. Beledweyne is considered strategic because it connects the central regions to Mogadishu, where al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam fighters are battling to overthrow the U.N.-backed government of Islamist President Sharif Sheik Ahmed The government officials said they will investigate the case of the captured people and will release them if they are involved in any violence.
The soldiers captured ten people during their operations in the town, but they have released three of them after the operations. Somali government forces assumed full control of Beledweyne on Sunday after driving Hisbul Islam rebels out of town. The government officials said they made the operations in three districts in the town to secure the security of the city. Three civilians were wounded in Beledweyne on Monday after an explosion targeted one the of the government vehicles. For the past several months, Beledweyne, near the Ethiopian border and about 320 kilometers north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, has been divided between government and pro-government forces in the east of the city and Hisbul Islam rebels in the west. Beledweyne is considered strategic because it connects the central regions to Mogadishu, where al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam fighters are battling to overthrow the U.N.-backed government of Islamist President Sharif Sheik Ahmed The government officials said they will investigate the case of the captured people and will release them if they are involved in any violence.
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