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Two die in Somali
currency riots
Tue, 06 May 2008 04:27:50
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Angry people rioting in
the streets of
Mogadishu.
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Somali soldiers have killed two
people in Mogadishu, after opening
fire to halt riots over rising costs
and demands for foreign notes.
The riots started Monday when
traders refused to accept local
currency, demanding US dollars
instead of the local shilling notes,
AP reported.
One man shot by the troops died on
the way to an operating room at the
capital's main hospital, Dr. Dahir
Dhere said.
And Abdinur Farah, a protester, said
his uncle was hit when government
troops opened fire and died before
he could reach a hospital.
"He was just peacefully expressing
his feelings," said Farah, who was
marching with his uncle, his uncle's
two wives and his uncle's six
children. "It is saddening that the
very government which is supposed to
support him, killed him."
Witnesses say, a shopkeeper shot a
boy dead after dozens of angry
protesters carrying clubs and stones
broke into his store. Hundreds of
shops and restaurants on the main
roads closed as rioters - including
women and children - threw stones at
the buildings.
Somalia has been without a central
government for more than 17 years
and for the past 17 months, the
Ethiopian-back interim government
has been struggling to exert its
control over the country.
Over the last three months, the
value of Somali shilling has fallen
dramatically from 17,000 shillings
for $1 to 30,000 shillings for $1.
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