Court deliberations began today at a Federal courthouse in the city of Dirdhaba in Shiniile province in Somali Galbeed (Ogaden) for culprits hailing from the Oromo ethnic group. The defendants are charged with a slew of xenophobic crimes targeting the indigenous Somali population, which include burning a mother and her four children alive in there home last August 2018.
According to officials within the local administration in Diridhaba that spoke to Halgan Media on anonymity, a total of 27 Somalis are prepared to testify in court on behalf of the mother and four children slain in Dirdhaba.
The 5th of August 2018 was a traumatic day for the indigenous Somali population in Dirdhaba. 23 Somalis where killed in the onslaught by Oromo paramilitaries and allied militias, while xenophobic mobs of Oromo settlers burned a Somali mother and her four children alive in there home during broad daylight. There only crime was being Somali. A crime that shocked and angered the Global Somali community.
As the Trial brgins up only time will tell if those victims will get justice. Halgan Media will keep you updated minute by minute as the events surrounding the trial span out.
Halgan Media.
