| Description |
ASWJ militias associated to the Hemo religious group forcefully stopped a public meeting organized by other religious leaders in the Omar Samatar Secondary School. The meeting was organized aside a religious seminar and was aimed at discussing the security cooperation between the public, the local authorities and the religious groups. Armed guards of the Regional Governor and other security members intervened to control the situation and the meeting was suspended. The ASWJ group is said to be opposed to the Al Itihat Al Islamiyah (AIAI) group from which were the religious leaders organizing the meeting. Hemo is a village located north of Galkacyo close to Bacad Weyne. It is a traditional religious centre for the ASWJ movement (Sufi). |
