Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Mogadishu (HOL) - A gunfight in Somalia’s capital on Wednesday between the Presidential Guard and government soldiers at a checkpoint near Villa Somalia has resulted in the death of five NISA soldiers working under the Mogadishu Stabilization Force, including a senior security official.
Witnesses report that a car carrying Issa Jiijiile - a deputy commander with the National Intelligence & Security Agency (NISA) was stopped at a checkpoint at the National Theatre by members of the Presidential Guard. The NISA soldiers reportedly approached the checkpoint before being fired upon and returning fire.
In a nationally televised joint address , Minister of Defense & Chief of NISA promised that an investigation is underway into the killing. Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbalolshe, the Chief of NISA said that anyone found responsible will be held criminally responsible.Witnesses report that a car carrying Issa Jiijiile - a deputy commander with the National Intelligence & Security Agency (NISA) was stopped at a checkpoint at the National Theatre by members of the Presidential Guard. The NISA soldiers reportedly approached the checkpoint before being fired upon and returning fire.
"We have opened an investigation into the cause of the fight. Anyone found involved should face the full force of the law." he said.
The intelligence chief added that the Presidential Guards may have received bad intel on an possible Al-Shabaab attack where the assailants would be disguised in NISA soldiers.
"The Presidential Guards are tasked to protect the head of the state and so they have been given fake alert which resulted them to deny access of the nearby roads and thus causing to clash with NISA soldiers returning from an operation."
"I send my sympathies and condolences to all those killed in today’s unfortunate incidents.”
On Wednesday morning, a Presidential Guard was killed after an incident that involved government soldiers.
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