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| Last Updated: Apr 3, 2012 - 2:47:55 AM |
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Somalia: Dozens die, others injured in Mogadishu clashes
16 Mar 16, 2011 - 2:32:02 PM
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At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in heavy clashes and exchange of mortars fire in Somalia’s war-ravaged capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses told Garowe Online.
Clashes between Somali government forces backed by African Union troops and Al-Shabaab extremist militias erupted after Al-Shabaab shelled mortars at the Somali Presidential house and its neighbourhood that claimed the life of ten civilians including a pregnant woman.
AMISOM and government forces shelled back mortars at the busy Bakaro market that left dead 21 people, mostly women and children.
According to medical officials "50 people have been injured in the last two days violence in Mogadishu, mostly were civilians who caught by mortars on their houses."
Somali government officials told the reporters that they are ready to defend themselves and fight with Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda proxy in Somalia until the defeat them.
Nearly 21,000 Somalis have been killed in the past three years, after clashes between radical Islamists and the government troops broke out on January 2007.
GAROWEONLINE
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