Locals flee their homes in Elasha Biyaha
Reports from Mogadishu say people are fleeing their homes in rebel-held area of Elasha Biyaha, on the outskirt of Mogadishu, in fear of drone attacks targeting foreign and Al-Shabaab militants in the area.
Bar-kulan correspondent in Mogadishu says he met with number of people who fled their homes in Elasha Biyaha and sough refuge in the city.
He said most of these people are women and children who had earlier left the capital and camped Elasha Biyaha but now re-sorted come back to their homes as tension looms in their current home area.
This displacement comes a day after foreign airstrikes in the area killed a senior rebel leader, Bilal Al-Barjawi, a Lebanese born British citizen.
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militant group said a U.S. drone strike killed the Al-Qaeda official fighting alongside them in Somalia.
A statement from the group’s Al-Kataib media foundation late Saturday says that three missiles fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle hit Bilal al-Berjawi’s car on the outskirts of Mogadishu, according to The Washington Post.
The strike was confirmed by a U.S. official in Washington. He asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Berjawi was said to be a close associate of late Al-Qaeda operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who was also killed in Mogadishu mid last year.
Warbixinada la Xiriira:
- Militants mull pulling out of Elasha Biyaha, 2012/03/14
- Locals continue to flee as the route linking Mogadishu to Afgoye re-opens, 2012/02/15
- Locals flee their homes in Elasha Biyaha, 2012/02/15
- Al-Shabaab seeks support from locals in Elasha Biyaha, 2012/01/06
- Families flee rebel held area back to their homes in Mogadishu, 2011/10/13
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