MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Dozens of Somali army officers staged mutiny at Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, citing instructions from the Ministry of Defense to bring their own weapons to the frontlines.
A video circulated on social media showed chaos at the army barracks while the cracks of gunfire could be heard in the background.
Soldiers said they had been ordered to ask for weapons from their relatives and respective clans before taking them to the frontlines. Somali government and the army have not yet commented on the incident.
It is not yet clear whether the move is intended to reduce caches of weapons often seized by insurgents after overrunning frontline bases in the country. Authorities have previously tried military officers and soldiers for negligence and leaving behind weapons in military camps overran by the rebel group Al-Shabaab.
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