Qubeys iyo Saleebaan by HutuKing01 » Fri Mar 05, 2010

Qubeys iyo Saleebaan by HutuKing01 » Fri Mar 05, 2010

Inter-clan fighting kills 14 in central Somalia




Friday, March 05, 2010


MOGADISHU - More than a dozen people were killed and many more were hurt when two clans clashed in central Somalia, residents and community elders said on Friday.



The Qubeys clan and the Suleyman sub-clan of the Habargidir clan started fighting the previous day in Amara village, 90 km north of the pirate base town of Haradheeere. The fight was over a dispute over land ownership.


Abukar Dirshe an elder from the Qubeys clan said the fighting was sparked by long-standing hostilities over land ownership.