Dozens dead in central Somalia as villagers battle al-Shabab

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In Somalia, Officials have reported that villagers took up arms to defend their livestock against the armed group in central Somalia.

Dozens dead in central Somalia as villagers battle al-Shabab

Dozens of people have died following clashes between villagers and al-Shabab fighters in central Somalia.

Osman Isse Nur, a spokesman for authorities in the Galmudug region, told newsmen that they have reports that nearly 30 people, including 16 militants, have been killed in the Shabeelow village, where civilians took up arms to battle the terrorists.

According to the report, local freelance militiamen
are among the fatalities,

Osman went further to say that armed villagers opted to fight militants to defend their livestock animals from the terrorists.

Also according to a local elder, 14 villagers and many others were hospitalised in the town of Galkayo, Abdi Siyaad after five hours of fierce battles on Friday.

Local elders like Siyaad said that villagers are engaging in self-defence against what he described as “brutality” and intimidation by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked armed group which has de facto control over large parts of south and central Somalia.

He said that they have been putting pressure on locals living in Shabeelow in Mudug in order to force them to surrender their arms and livestock animals for so-called holy war against invading infidels since many years. The elder affirmed that locals are tired of the group’s pressure in the context of the so-called holy war.

He asked the Somali government to provide weapons so villagers can defend themselves.

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