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索马里警方启用888报警电话 Police in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have launched an emergency police telephone service for the first time in more than 20 years. 索马里首都摩加迪休的警局20多年来首次开通一部紧急报警电话。 ? Residents can call the emergency number - 888 - and the authorities say a police car will be sent out.? ? Police spokesman Mohamed Yusuf Madaleh told the BBC it was part of efforts by international donors to revamp（修改） the countrys police service. ? The government is fighting Islamist militants for control of the country. ? The Islamist al-Shabab group has been driven out of Somalias major towns by a UN-mandated African Union force of some 18,000 soldiers, which is backing the government. ? But it still controls many towns and rural areas of southern Somalia - and frequently launches attacks in Mogadishu. ? As soon as possible ? Gen Madaleh told the BBC Somali Service the emergency calls will be rooted to call centres in different areas of the city. ? He said the service now had enough cars and officers to deal with requests. ? The 888 number is being advertised in the local media. Police promise to send out officers to investigate as soon as possible after a call is logged. ? Before the collapse of central government in 1991, Mogadishu had three separate emergency numbers for the police, fire service and ambulance service - none of them available countrywide. ? The other two numbers are not yet up and running. ? During the civil war, the 888 number was taken over by a private company, which agreed to give it back when asked by the police service, Gen Madaleh said.