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Article: Bodies buried in mass grave in Somali capital of Mogadishu
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 7, 2007
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Bodies buried in mass grave in Somali capital of Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, April 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 26 dead bodies were found
in battle grounds of the Somali capital Mogadishu and buried in a
mass grave by a joint Ceasefire Commission set up to oversee the
implementation of the agreement that stopped four days of furious
fighting in the city.
"The dead bodies are everywhere. Some have been eaten by dogs
while others have rotted to the bones. This is something I have not
seen since the Somali civil war started in 1991," said Dahir Ali, a
young Red Crescent volunteer.
He is working with a team to collect the decomposing corpses from
battle areas of the embattled seaside city of Mogadishu, a ...