Deadly clashes erupted overnight in the Somali border town of Tuliguuleed, as a result of cross border raid carried out by Orom militias fighters, residents say.
Local contacts in the Somali border town of Tuliguuleed reveal the assault on the town occured late last night. Heavily armed gunmen from the neighboring Oromo region stormed the town and besieged it according to eyewitnesses.
The brunt of the fighting took place in the village of Daraami. As the Oromo militia fighters pillaged and looted everything in sight. Eyewitnesses reveal nothing was spared, not even civilians.
The hail of bullets from the Oromo militiamen struck two local residents of the Daraami village. One died instantly on the scene, while a second wound was wounded.
Eyewitnesses that spoke with Halgan Media on condition of anonymity have identified the deceased victim as as an elderly women named Malyun Aw Muuse. The wounded individual has been identified as Ismaciil Yusuf, whose said to be currently recovering in a makeshift medical clinic near the Somali border town of Tuliguuleed.
The indiscriminate attacks on the Somali border town of Tuliguuleed are an almost daily occurrence. Destitute residents are faced with either suffering cross border raids at the hands of fanatical right wing Oromo Paramilitaries or simply fleeing with the clothes on there back.
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