Angry mob goes on the rampage, clashes with the police in Borama city
Borama, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- An angry mob went on the rampage in Borama today pelting stones and ransacking businesses following the death of a young man during clashes with the police in the city centre.
The angry mob was protesting after hearing the news that one person was killed and five others were wounded in fresh fighting that erupted between their clan who hail from Borama and another clan who hail from Gabiley over a disputed territory in the district of El- Bardaleh – the border that divides between the two rival clans.
The protesters who were mainly comprising young men and women got angry after a protester died following clashes with the police who used live bullets to disperse the crowd. The protesters set up barricades and set rubbish and tyres ablaze during the demonstration and caused damage to local businesses.
The governor of Borama, Mohamoud Sheiklh Abdillahi Egeh, confirmed that the police did use live bullets in which one person lost his life during the clashes between the protesters and police. Egeh further confirmed that the body of the man who was killed in the fighting in El-Bardaleh and four other wounded men were brought to Borama General Hospital.
Passions were running high in Borama after the bodies of four other men killed in El-Bardaleh fighting were also brought to the city for burial this afternoon.
The fighting in El-Bardaleh erupted after armed men from Gabiley abducted ten men and their vehicles from Borama and killed four of them. The remaining six were released without their vehicles and sent back to Borama.
The governor of Gabiley, Mohamed Ahmed Habib, confirmed that one man who was wounded in the EL-Bardaleh fighting was brought to Gabiley General Hospital.
Earlier, a delegation of elders from Gabiley met with president Rayale on Friday to convey him that the situation in El-Bardaleh was very serious and remained on a knife’s edge. The president did not only fail to swiftly act on the advice of these elderly men but had also failed previously to act upon the recommendations made by the mediation subcommittee from the Upper House of Somaliland’s parliament who undertook an investigation into the dispute.
It is not known why the president waited so long to take an action on this explosive situation however there are some local media reports that president Rayale who himself hails from Borama did not find the subcommittee’s findings favourable to his clan.
There was a long-standing dispute between the two clans over the semi-desert territory in El-Bardaleh and its vicinity. The government deployed a large contingent of police and military in the area. There are growing calls from right across the political spectrum for the two brotherly clans to lay down arms.
Staff Writer
2 Responses to “Angry mob goes on the rampage, clashes with the police in Borama city”
July 13th, 2009 saat: 7:15 pm
Is this your take: calling this public demonstration to be “A MOB”. It is unfortunate but not unexpected from another Isaaq.
Rest assured that unless the culprits are brought to justice or be slaughtered like they did to the innocent 4 people by the peers of the deceased that there will NEVER EVER be any peace in Somali land. So you can kiss good-bye to our aspiration of recognition to our independence.
The finding of the subcommittee, as lopsided as it is, can only be seen as fair in the eyes of an unconscious individual like your staff writer but it diametrically opposes any fair judgment.
If you and people like you think or believe that injustice meted out to Awdal by your peers subcommittee as the final judgment to settle the dispute between Dilla and Gabiley, think again.
How can you justify the killings of an innocent people doing their daily chores to be abducted and slaughtered like animals. If Gabiley people are not cowards and want to fight, why don’t they face their counter part in the battle field. Instead of you condemning this barbaric act by Gabiley, you have the guts to call the demonstration against this UN-Islamic and UN-cultured act by Gabiley ” A mob”.
July 14th, 2009 saat: 3:32 am
Ridiculus comments, Yes this was a mob, and unjustified, these people were instigated by rogue eliments, who wants to turn our mother land in to another Hamar. Isaacs are not your enemies, The Culprits and highway robbers who had commited the henious crime of killing innocent travellers will and should meet with the strong hand of justice. No stone should be left unturned untill these crooks are brough to justice. And for you the owner of the first comments, you are just no different to those highway crooks who justfies their crooked actions as beneficial for their clan. This is sickening, somalilander have passed that bridge, and we shall overcome all these stupid skimish in El Bardadle. Where cousins are killing each other. I am a Sacad Muse Guy, but I know that the people in El Bardale are closer to each other than me, I dont know what stupidity would make the Reer Dalaal guy think i am his closest of kin than his own matternal uncle (true Brother of his Mother) SICK SICK People, Somalilanders should invade ElBardale and remove them all, and let us give the land to theose who will understand the meaning of brotherly co-existance. Do not forgrt the Political Arm is not far away from this problems, Please let us guard our hard Earned Freedom, Peace and Tranquility. Those who were killed by the Bandits was not only a loose for the Gadabursi, but for all of SL.
LONG LIVE SOMALILAND