Hiiraan Online Staff
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Calm has returned to Dhobley town in the Lower Jubba Region of Somalia following heavy clashes pitting Somali government forces supported by their Raaskamboni allies led by Sheikh Ahmed Madobe against the Alshabab group which stills control the town and got the upper hand in yesterday's fierce fighting.
Some of the few remaining residents of the town whom Hiiraan online contacted have confirmed that the town was calm and quiet and in full control of Alshabab although fighting may break out any time.
The exact figure of casualties among the combatants of the warring sides is not Known as they are not talking to the media. However, independent sources on the ground report both sides in the conflict suffered heavy number of loss of life and that there was a wide spread destruction of property,death and injury among the civilian population.
The heavy fighting and shelling in Dhobley town come at a time when people who have been displaced from the town by earlier battles started to return to their homes following weeks of a lull in the conflict in this Somali border town.