Somali TV Station Guards Engaged in Gun Battle With Security Forces
Somalia’s tax police seized the country’s main television station in armed attack.

REUTERS/Ana Carolina Fernades
Somali Universal TV reported on social media that government forces raided its offices in the capital city of Mogadishu on Saturday morning. Local residents posted video of the attack in which heavy gunfire and sirens can be heard. No casualties have been reported. The attack happened when the station during a live broadcast. No motive for the siege has been reported.
This breaking news story will be updated.
Heart-Breaking:A Video just revealing that huge gunshots between security forces and Universal Tv guards ongoing. Casualties feared as the reason remains unclear. #SOMALIA pic.twitter.com/FByuEbBcy8
— Somalia Live News (@MohaBulbul) March 30, 2019
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