Between January and March 1991, the SNM enacted various killings against members of the Gadabursi tribe and anyone they deemed as supporters of Siad Barre.
[20] A wholesale killing of anyone deemed "Anti SNM" was established. At this point, (From January to March 1991), the SNM's militia were out of control, Gadabursi people travelling in their cars on the national highway were burned and looted.
[21][22] Heavy SNM artillery had bombarded Dilla, also women and children and innocent civilians were killed for being Gadabursi.
[23][24][25] The SNM orchestrated the destruction of the town of Dilla, and the looting of Borama, the capital city of Awdal region.
[26] Thousands of Gadabursi lives were lost in the attacks against the Awdal region, and the town of Dilla was destroyed and burned. The SNM assaulted, pillaged, and occupied Borama, the capital of the Awdal region, causing about 80,000 people to flee to Ethiopia.
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