Statue of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan

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After independence a statue in honor of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and his favourite horse Hiin-Faniin was erected in Mogadishu. Following the collapse of the national government in 1991, the statue was destroyed by looters and its parts sold as scrap metal.
 
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