By Liban Golicha
Five more people are feared dead as heavy gun battle rocked Moyale town on Thursday for a second day, causing hundreds of families to flee to Ethiopia.
The killings came even as the government finally dispatched the military to quell the situation in Marsabit county, after a go-ahead was granted by Parliament.
Moyale MP Roba Duba claimed that five more people had been killed and more than 20 others injured in the battle between Gabra and Burji on one side and Borana on the other.
“At least 15 are people feared dead in the last three days of fighting and other 20 wounded,” he said.
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Duba added the situation is out of control and urged the government to protect lives of innocent women and children.
A source said four bodies were found in Goromuda a few metres from township primary Thursday evening.
The source said a man injured in Butiye also succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment in a private health centre.
