1.   Incidents of crime, however, continued to plague the city, especially at night, when the court militiamen are not working.

2.   The area around the market was a battleground in May between court militiamen and those loyal to the warlord who controls the neighborhood.

3.   The court militiamen hung the dead bandit from a tree as a warning to others.

4.   The court militiamen had reportedly been on a mission to clear the area of freelance gunmen who had been robbing people in Mogadishu.