A delegation from Ethiopia will visit Adado town to hold talks with leaders of the Galmudug state in Somalia following a week of bloody killings, which has left 20 people dead and displaced several families.
Locals interviewed painfully recounted episodes of the killings and torture at the hands of a police squad from Ethiopia, known as Liyuu.
There have been several accusations levelled against Liyuu police for alleged killings and destruction of property. At least 50 people died last in combat circumstances associated with Liyuu police.
The Human Rights Watch has severally accused Liyuu Police, which is a paramilitary group created in 2007 in response to the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), of killings and gross violation of human rights.
An elder in a rural area, who declined to be identified, claimed Liyuu police had killed 20 people in the last two days and displaced many families.
Hashi Abdi, an elder from Mirowled village, told that heavy weapons were used in the latest fight. The elder accused Liyuu police of the murder of innocent women and children.
Adado Hospital director Dr. Mohmmad Omar confirmed that 24 people injured from the fight had been admitted to the hospital. Eight of wounded victims had been transferred to hospitals in the capital city of Somalia, Mogadishu.