Ethiopian troops withdraw IDPs quarter
Posted: 11/14/2008
Shabelle: MOGADISHU
The Ethiopian troops currently based in Sinkadher area, an internally displaced person’s area on outside Somali capital have pulled out there on Friday morning according to residents.
The troops left there on Thursday morning have moved out to the Somali capital Mogadishu that caused the fled residents to return to their IDPs camps.
Driving more than 15 battle wagons the Ethiopian troop’s arrival in the area emptied the area from the refugees those feared violent attack from the Ethiopian troops arrived in close proximity their houses.
Elsewhere one government soldier and one civilian man died in attack in Towfiq area in Mogadishu on Friday, residents reported.
The incident happened after armed insurgent groups attacked soldiers were carrying out robbing on spare parts in vehicles garage that caused killing of one soldiers and the driver of a car that soldiers wanted to load with their robbed car’s tools when gun battle started there.
The situation of Towfiq is reportedly calm as the government soldiers have moved away to their army bases.