At least four people, including two civilians have been killed and five others injured in infighting between government soldiers in the restive capital Mogadishu, officials said on Thursday.

The fighting erupted after government soldiers disputed over the ownership of a gun, prompting one group to open fire on the other.

“The fighting was brief and the situation has calm down now,” said Police Spokesman Col. Abdullahi Hassan Barise, who added that the fighting was uncalled for.

The clash comes just a day after a similar incident happened at the Ex-control Checkpoint, a strategic cheikpoint that is manned by government and connects the capital to the Afgoye.

The infighting in the weak and poorly paid government forces is common as they jostle for the control of areas that the view as income generators.

Meanwhile, Two suspected insurgents were killed by an explosive device they were planted along a road in Mogadishu’s Hamar-Jajab area, which is frequently used by government officials.

The mutilated bodies of the two were found scattered around the road as evidence of their supposed was clear on a small hole on the road reportedly sunk by the explosive.

Ahmed Sheik Mohamud, known as (Qorleh), the District Commissioner of Hamar-Jajab, who visited the area on the morning, said one civilian was hurt in the incident, which rekindles the grisly explosions that are vulnerable to the civilians.

On Monday, Somalia’s state minister for defense Yussuf Mohammed Siyad [Indha’ade] survived an assassination plot after two explosive-laden vehicles exploded near his convoy on succession.

GAROWE ONLINE