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10 killed as Somali militants fight in Mogadishu
22 Jun 22, 2010 - 1:36:03 AM
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At least 10 combatants have been killed and 20 others injured in heavy fighting that pitted militant group Al-Shabaab against rival Hizbul Islam in the restive capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
The fighting erupted after militia from the two sides quarrel over the control of a military post in Yaqshid district, which both sides deemed strategic.
The fighting was heavy, I have seen the dead bodies of at least 10 fighters from both sides, injured include civilians,” an eyewitness told Garowe Online.
Residents started fleeing from the area, accusing the warring sides of not taking into consideration their plight.
Tension has been mounting between the two groups after officials from Hizbul Islam joined the rival group, handing over the control of some central towns to them. Some of the officials, who defected to Al-Shabaab were displayed in central town of Beledweyne on Monday.
Hizbul Islam’s Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is now held up in the outskirts of Mogadishu and surrounded by Al-Shabaab fighters, has refused to hand over his weapons to the hardline group.
GAROWE ONLINE
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