Woyanne soldiers accused of rape

By Aweys Osman Yusuf

Mogadishu 15, April.07 (Sh.M.Network) Speaking with journalists, an 18 year old Somali girl said she was raped by Ethiopian [Woyanne] soldiers in Mogadishu’s Hamar Bille neighborhood.

Fardowsa Abdi Hashi told local stringers that she was tortured and raped by more than 10 Ethiopian soldiers.

Fardowsa Abdi Hashi
Fardowsa Abdi Hashi

“To my knowledge 12 Ethiopians raped me. I went unconscious,” she said.

She is the second woman raped by Ethiopian soldiers based in Mogadishu so far. Suban Moalim Ali was raped by Ethiopian soldiers based around El-Arfid on the suburb of Mogadishu on early March.

Spokesman for Mogadishu powerful Hawiye clan, Derie Ali, condemned the incident calling it a violation against humanity.

He called on the international community to do something about Ethiopian human rights violations against the Somali people.