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Oct 2, 2023 · He was shot in a battle against former allied warlords in July 1996 and died of a heart attack during surgery. Funeral Of General Mohamed Farrah Aidid | Somalian Soldier, Diplomat And Later ...
In 1995, Aidid declared himself president of Somalia. He was killed the following year in Mogadishu on 1 August 1996, aged 61. Mohamed Farrah Hassan Garad, known as General Aidid or Aideed, was a Somali general and diplomat.
Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid was a Somali general and diplomat. Educated in both Rome and Moscow, he served as a chief in the Italian colonial police force and later as a brigadier general in the Somali National Army.
