The late Abdulla Deerow Isaaq, the Somalia minister for Constitutional and Federal Affairs

Baidoa, Somalia, July 29, 2006 (SL Times) – The police authorities in Baidoa have arrested 6 suspects in connection with yesterday’s murder of Abdulla Deerow Isaaq, the Somalia minister for Constitutional and Federal Affairs.

The Somaliland Times has learned that 2 of those arrested are originally from Somaliland. One of the two has been identified as Abdi Gheele who worked at one time in Saudi Arabia. The other Somalilander is believed to be a man in his late 30s who recently came from Mogadishu to Baidoa to look for a job with the government.

Baidoa is a seat for Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government.

The four other suspects taken in police custody are from the the Hawiye Habr Gidir subclan.

Meanwhile the TFG has accused Mogadishu’s Islamic Courts of being responsible for Abdulla Deerow Isaaq’s assassination. However the courts denied the accusation, saying Ethiopia was behind the killing.

Source: Somaliland Times

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