Skip to Navigation | Skip to Content | Leap to Bottom

Soldier kills 17 as AU bemoans failed state | Jordan Times

2.2.11

Soldier kills 17 as AU bemoans failed state | Jordan Times: "MOGADISHU (AFP) - A Somali soldier fired a machinegun into a Mogadishu crowd Monday, killing at least 17 civilians as the African Union (AU) said the government had failed to impose authority and deliver stability.

The soldier triggered a high-calibre anti-aircraft gun mounted atop a truck, and a hail of bullets ripped into the crowd in southern Mogadishu, capital of the Horn of Africa state where an Islamist insurrection is threatening to topple the fragile UN-backed government.

Mohamed Yusuf, the director of Madina Hospital in southern Mogadishu, said 56 people were also wounded."

Read the full article … 

Dispatch: Aboriginal Press Media Group  |   Permalink  |   [2.2.11]  |   0 comments

444184053958513065

»  {Newer-Posts} {Older-Posts}  «

0 Comments:

Post a Comment



 / 2.2.11 / 2011/02/#444184053958513065



Aboriginal News Group

Contributing Editors, International Correspondents & Affiliates




This is an Ad-Free Newswire


#ReportHate
============
Southern Poverty Law Center


This site uses the Blogspot Platform


Impressum

Inteligenta Indigena Novajoservo™ (IIN) is maintained by the Aboriginal Press News Service™ (APNS) a subset of the Aboriginal News Group™ (ANG). All material provided here is for informational purposes only, including all original editorials, news items and related post images, is published under a CC: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license (unless otherwise stated) and/or 'Fair Use', via section 107 of the US Copyright Law). This publication is autonomous; stateless and non-partisan. We refuse to accept paid advertising, swag, or monetary donations and assume no liability for the content and/or hyperlinked data of any other referenced website. The APNS-ANG and its affiliate orgs do not advocate, encourage or condone any type/form of illegal and/or violent behaviour.