Somalia: Sheik Aweys says I have not been injured

Somalia’s opposition leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys said on Monday that he was not injured in fighting between Islamist rivals in central Somalia and he added that he was not attended in that fighting.

“I think this is propaganda released by defeated factions in the fighting that took place in Wabho village in central Somalia,” said Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys.

This comes as there have been rumors in the country that Sheik Aweys was badly injured or dead in central Somalia.

Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of Hizbul Islam insurgent group held a press conference in his house in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

He vowed that his group will continue the fighting against the Somali, fragile government until the African Union troops leave the country.

He said the fighting that is continuing in Mogadishu is planned in New York referring to the United Nations.

Source: Mareeg.com