Tuesday 16 July 2024 {HMC} CAABUDWAQ – The Galmudug regional government issued a press release on the violence caused by the weapons that were fought yesterday in the Sila-madow area.
In a press release issued by the Ministry of Internal Security of Galmudug, it said that it was closely monitoring the movement of weapons smuggled from Ethiopia to the North of Galmudug.
The security agencies that followed him tried to get hold of the weapons, to prevent the threat of security and instability that these weapons can create, the ministry said in the statement.
“The Galmudug government has been investigating the person behind this horrific act, and it has become clear that people who are famous for trading in illegal goods are behind it, with the aim of serving the interests of terrorism, bringing him before the people, and discrediting him. security and stability in Galmudug,” said the internal security ministry of Galmudug in the statement.
Earlier, the government of Somalia said that weapons were illegally brought into the country from the Ethiopian side and they seized them, and they were escorting the government forces and put roadblocks for armed militias, which caused some weapons to fall into the hands of armed militias, 15 – in July.
A press release from the Ministry of Internal Security said that the weapons were brought into the country by illegal arms dealers, according to the statement.
The government of Somalia has called on the elders of the area and the people to help the government in order to return the weapons to the hands of the government.
Sources said that civilians, some of whom were armed, seized yesterday two vehicles carrying weapons from Ethiopia.
Two security sources, who declined to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the media, said the weapons were being carried in two Candho-maydle vehicles and were being escorted by Somali government forces based in Galmudug when they blocked the road. armed men of the local people, in a place called Shiila-madow which is about 20 km north-west of the city of Abudwak.
The conflict that took place there turned into violence between the government forces and the armed people of the area. The fighting resulted in 12 casualties on both sides, according to various news sources.
According to the news sources, after the war, the weapons were taken into the hands of the armed people, until now it is not known where they are.
Federal government troops are said to have gone to the area to try to return the weapons, wanting to negotiate with the elders of the area.
These weapons are said to contain assault rifles, PKM, AK47, pistols and ammunition, and the news sources say that they were being taken to trained government forces in Galkayo.
The government of Somalia said in a press release that it regrets the terrible act of the militias who entered the road to the troops escorting the weapons, as stated in the text.
The government also said in the press release that the trade in illegal weapons is beneficial to the Khawarij groups and plays a major role in fueling the tribal conflicts.
Communications with federal government officials, Galmudug administration officials, Abudwaq district administration and the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia who did not immediately respond to our request to discuss the news about this weapon.
In December last year, the United Nations Security Council lifted the arms embargo on Somalia, which has been in place since 1992.
