19 May 2007 04:20

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  • Title: [SW News] The Aftermath of the Curse (see above)
  • Posted by/on:[AMJ][Friday, April 6, 2001]

Minister robbed of his vehicle in Mogadishu
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Apr 5, 2001

 

The [Somali] interim government's minister for information, Zakariya Mahmud Abdi, was waylaid by armed men and robbed of his car in one of Mogadishu's sprawling estates on Tuesday [3 April] evening.

The minister was on his way back from Hotel Ramadan and was heading to Hotel Sahafi where he stays, when the armed men waylaid him and took his vehicle.

"I was carrying very important documents but they didn't search us, instead they took the vehicle", said Mr Zakariya Haji who was speaking to Qaran newspaper on the incident.

Source: Qaran web site, Mogadishu, in Somali 5 Apr 01

/BBC Monitoring/ © BBC.

 


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