No illegal arms in the city says police spokesman

The Somali police department has declared, and warned that no more illegal rifles can be carried on the streets of the capital Mogadishu, and has also warned government soldiers and other ordinary people, not to carry arms in the city unless they are performing assigned duty or patrolling. “in the past couple of months we have been seeing government soldiers wearing civilian cloths and arms in their hands, so hence we shall not be enduring that, and from today henceforth any soldier who is seen carrying rifle without the knowledge of the government or his concerned department will face the justice likewise there are special soldiers called Dervish will be patrolling the streets to deal with any irregularities ” said the spokesman of the Somali Police Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Barise speaking to mogadishu radio. The spokesman Barise has also added that the government will take total responsibility of protecting its people, and there will be no more government soldiers forcefully taking people’s property such as cell phones. Mr. Barise has urged the government rivals to observer the month of Ramadan, and added that if they are attacked they will not just watch, but instead response. However this statement from the Somali police spokesman coincides at a time when there had been series of clashes between the Somali government and its opponent’s in the city.