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AS militias armed with four technicals clashed with local militias in Xoor-Cad village in Middle Shabelle Region on 03/02. The AS forces arrived to the village presumably to destroy a religious centre run by a prominent female religious figure of the ASWJ Sheikh Hawa Sheikh Mohamud. Upon their arrival to the town the AS forces were encountered by clan militias of the Abgaal/Wabudhan/Mohamed Muse sub-clan who tried to protect the religious centre. A clash followed and two of the Mohamed Muse and one the AS militiamen were reported killed. Another AS militiaman was seriously injured. The AS forces prevailed in the fighting, destroyed three buildings belonging to the religious centre and stole 70 million Somali shilling (2,800 US Dollar) from it. AS militias had been reported to have attempted to conduct a similar attack against the centre about two weeks before. Sheikh Hawa Sheikh Mohamud is the sister of the first founder of an Islamic Court in Mogadishu North then in Abgal areas in Galgaduud and Middle Shabelle in 1994-1995. |
