Confirmed reports received from the Lower Shabelle province of Somalia reveals a series of strikes targeting a rural farming encampment near the town of Afgooye.
Local contacts that spoke with the Halgan Media service desk reveal unidentified aircraft launched a series of strikes overnight targeting a farming encampment near Afgooye known as “Beerta Xassan Hutaan.
Following the strikes, unmarked helicopters flew down on the farming encampment. Scores of white males wearing military attire believed to be US special forces and allied Somali paramilitaries dubbed Danab besieged the farming encampment.
Upon entering the encampment, the joint unit opened fire on an elderly man that was attending to his crops. The victim described as an elderly man in his 70’s died instantly from the hail of bullets.
Sources reveal eight others that where present at the farming encampment during the time of the killings where detained and subsequently whisked away (abducted) in the unmarked helicopters. The whereabouts and well being of these victims remain unknown for the time being.
US and allied Somali paramilitary forces (Danab) have carried out similar atrocities in the past. Most notably the infamous Bariire massacre in 2017 which left 12 civilians, many women and children dead. The Halgan Media service desk will be publishing the name of the elderly man that perished in the raid along with the abductees shortly.
UPDATE
Local contacts based in the Lower Shabelle province have been able to confirm the identity of the victim. Whats more surprising is that the death tole has increased to a total of two as a result of the botch US led night raid. Sources have identified the elderly victim as Xassan Cuuke, a native of El Buur town in Central Somalia yet worked at a farming village in the Lower Shabelle province.
Xassan Cuuke is said to be from the Mursude clan, which inhabits central Somalia and maintains a strong presence in Mogadishu’s Daynille district. Ironically the victim hails from the same clan as the current Somali prime minister Hassan Ali Khayre. The second victim has been identified as young men that worked as an assistant to the late Xassan Cuuke. He also was mowed down in a hail of bullets during the night raid.
The younger victims name still remains sketchy. Therefore, the Halgan Media service has decided not to publish any further information on the victim. However the eight civilians that where abducted by the joint unit of Somali and US special forces during the night raid still remain unaccounted for.
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