Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
21 April 2011
Wanlawayn — Fighters loyal to Al shabaab, which the United States accuses of being al Qaeda’s proxy in the horn of African nation, on Thursday apprehended a group of volunteer doctors and nurses in Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia.
Arrested volunteer medical workers have been hectic in helping the poor needy internally displaced people in Afgoye corridor where thousands of people, who fled from Mogadishu violence, have taken refuge.
Al shabaab fighters captured the health workers, whose number is said to be 9, while they working inside Hawa Abdi Hospital, 20 km southwest of Mogadishu, according to the local residents.
An Al shabaab court in Wanlaweyn district in Lower Shabelle region abruptly sentenced the arrested doctors and nurses to different terms of prison ranging between 10 and 15 days in jail.
The step taken by Al shabaab against volunteer medical personnel outraged by the local residents who were suffering from different diseases as they were in desperate need for free health service.
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