“Hargeisa is a graveyard,” said Jose Baraybar, a forensics expert who manages the team. “Some say there are 200,000 bodies under the ground. Others say 60,000. Nobody really knows. That’s why we have to get the record straight.” Gathering evidence They will look for bindings, close-range headshot wounds and other signs of systematic killing, said Baraybar, who has worked on probes in Haiti, Bosnia and elsewhere. Evidence that victims hailed from the same clan could indicate genocide, rather than mass-murder. The three-year project will train locals to unearth Somaliland’s 226 known mass graves. The commission has listed 33 suspects for prosecutions. They include Barre’s son-in-law, Mohamed Said Hirsi, better known as “General Morgan”. But there the project hits a snag, because Somaliland is not recognised by other countries.
Jose Baraybar, oo ah Madaxa kooxda baadhitaanka ku samaynaysa xabaal-wadareedyada dalka, gaar ahaan Magaalada Hargeysa, ayaa Telefiishanka u sheegay “Hargeysa waa Wada Xabaal-wadareed, qaarkood waxa la leeyahay waxa ku aasan 200.000 qof, qaar kale waxay leeyihiin 60.000, laakiin qofna xaqiiqda ma garanayo, taasina waata aanu u doonayno inaanu tirada saxda helno” ayuu yidhi Jose Baraybar