By Suleiman Sabdow
MOGADISHU-Police in Mogadishu say they have arrested two Somali National army soldiers believed to have been behind the killing of two siblings along the always busy Dabka junction in the capital Mogadishu.
Somali government police spokesperson Major Abdifatah Aden Hassan told journalists in Mogadishu that, security officers have apprehended the officers who are suspected to have killed the young siblings on Thursday night.
According to a statement issued by the Police , the two of the suspects were identified as Abdiwayel Maalim Adan and Dayah Nur Abdi and
Major Abdifatah stated that police had launched a manhunt for the suspects which led to their nabbing along with the military vehicle they used to commit the murder.
“Police carried out an investigation after which they arrested a double cabin vehicle commonly known in Mogadishu as “Abdi Bile” and its occupants to identity the “muderers” and they will face the full force of the law once the investigations are complete.”said Adan.
Zakariye Mohamud Kalafoge and his sister Sowda Mohamud Kalafoge were reportedly shot dead after security officers escorting a VIP fired bullets on a rickshaw they were travelling in along the busy Dabka junction in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu during traffic congestion on Thursday night.
Opposition party Wadajir leader and presidential candidate Abdirahman Abdishakur condemned the killing and called on the government to bring to book the perpetrators of the heinous act and step up efforts to curbing such incidents in the near future.
Police further sent a strong warning to rogue officers in the Somali government who use their guns to intimidate and kill innocent civilians, saying that they soon see the wrath of the long arm of the law.
He called on officers to exercise restraints upon discerning a traffic snurl up and desist from indescriminate shooting of civilians who use the road.
Somalia federal government forces have previously been accused of firing gun shots at civilians causing destruction and death and several earlier cautions by the top security heads have seemingly landed in deaf years.
