Somalia: Over a dozen killed in Beledweyne fighting
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- Posted On 19-10-2015, 07:42PM
BELEDWEYNE, Somalia, October 19, 2015 (Garowe Online)-At least fourteen people have been reported killed after two clan militias disagreed on taxing truck in central Somalia town of Beledweyne on Monday, Garowe Online reports.
The fighting raged between the two clan militias in Beleweyne’s Hawlwadag neighborhood.
Twenty others have been wounded in the deadly confrontation according to medics and officials.
A group of militiamen reportedly refused another clan militia to solicit money from the truck driver and operators on the pretext of taxation.
Efforts have got underway, with clan elders trying to broker ceasefire between the warring clan militias.
GAROWE ONLINE
