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people, including a woman and three children, and injuring 45. Kenyan forces denied
responsibility for the incident, while Médecins Sans Frontières, which was present at the
location and treated the wounded, publicly attributed the incident to Kenyan actions.
55.
Reports of civilians being assassinated by Al-Shabaab accused of collaborating with
the Transitional Federal Government also abound. In February 2012, in Baidoa, a man who
was washing clothes for a Government minister was shot and killed after evening prayer.
Al-Shabaab had warned the population not to support the Transitional Federal Government
forces or their allies. On the other hand, suspected Al-Shabaab members were also
reportedly being arrested by the Government and its allies, though there was no clarity with
regard to the procedure and the status of the detainees.
56.
Al-Shabaab had reportedly beheaded civilians in the Galguduud region, central
Somalia, between 11 and 13 June following the pull-out of Ethiopians and troops of the
moderate Islamic group Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama’a from the city. Ten people were reportedly
beheaded because suspected of spying for their enemies. Reportedly, all victims were men,
accused of welcoming Ethiopian and Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama’a forces to the town. The
muezzin of a mosque was also among the victims.
57.
Unknown assailants shot and killed the Attorney General of the Sool region under
Somaliland administration, making him the second judge to be killed in northern Somalia in
less than a month. Unknown gunmen armed with pistols opened fire on the judge as he was
watching a football match at a location in Laascaanood, the capital of the Sool region.
58.
On 30 June, a prosecutor based in in Gaalkacyo, in the Mudug region, was killed as
he was going home. As at the end of July, no suspects had been arrested in connection with
the incident. In another incident, on 2 July, a former deputy Police Commissioner was
killed in Garoowe. No suspects were arrested in connection with the killing. Some media
sources believed that the motives for the assassination were political.
59.
On July 17, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General condemned the
murder in Mogadishu of a former Minister for Trade, allegedly by Al-Shabaab. The former
Minister and a current Member of Parliament, Mohamed Abdinur Garweyne, were killed
and at least six others wounded by a car bomb in Mogadishu. Media reports link the murder
to the former Minister’s meeting with the United Nations monitoring group concerning
corruption allegations.
B.
Right to food
60.
Though conflict is a key factor for displacement in Somalia, information collected
by UNHCR4 indicate that, in more recent times, an increase in internally displaced persons
and refugees could be attributed to problems in access to minimum food supplies. In May
and June, some 6,000 Somalis reportedly moved because of food insecurity resulting from
meagre seasonal rains mainly in the Bay, Lower Juba and Bakool regions. For the first half
of 2012, UNHCR recorded 13,000 such displacements. In the Lower Juba region, people
are also reportedly moving to nearby towns in search of water and pasture. There were
similar displacements in and around the region bordering Ethiopia.
61.
In recent months, some 157,000 Somali refugees have taken shelter in Ethiopia.
Since the beginning of June 2012, Somali refugees have continued to arrive in increasing
numbers (on average, almost 1,200 new arrivals every week). They cited growing physical
4
See the UNHCR Population Movement Tracking Mogadishu Monthly Dashboard, May 2012.
Available from www.unhcr.org/4fec227b9.html.
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