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Weapons Seized During Raid in Somalia

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:24:59 PM

Money traders do business at Bakara market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.  The open-air arms markets in the gun-crazy Somali capital has been silent for weeks. But its merchants say that far from being out of business, they're watching sales of small arms go up. After Somalia's weak government, backed by Ethiopian troops, declared victory over militants who wanted to rule the country by the Quran, it ordered the market closed. (AP Photo/Abdirahman Hersi)                              MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - African peacekeepers acting on a tip from a former insurgent in Somalia seized weapons hidden in houses in the southern part of the troubled capital Wednesday, an official said.

The weapons, which were buried, included 106 anti-tank mines, 48 rocket-propelled grenades, 460 hand grenades and other small arms, said Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the Ugandan troops acting as peacekeepers in Mogadishu.

"Our troops have found and seized huge number of weapons buried under the ground, following civilian information passed to them," Ankunda said.


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