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Somalia: Latest Mogadishu clashes kill 20
30 Jun 30, 2010 - 9:12:07 AM
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GAROWE ONLINE
At least 20 people, mainly combatants have been killed and over 35 others, including journalists injured in heavy shelling and gunbattle that pitted pro-government forces against rebel fighters in Somali capital Mogadishu within the last twenty four hours.
Clashes erupted on Tuesday between pro-government militia Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jama and fighters from insurgent.
Shelling also rocked rebel-held northern districts of Shibis, Abdiasis and Bondhere, where reports said 8 civilians were killed and over 20 others injured.
Civilians and government soldiers who injured in the latest fightings have been admitted in Mogadishu’s Medina Hospitals.
In one incident, barrage of artillery shells landed at a former police compound in Abdiasis district, where some senior Al-Shabaab officials were briefing journalists about their gains in the latest calashes. Eight journalists, among those who attended the press briefing got minor injuries, according one of them.
Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mouhammud Raghe aka Ali Dhere led journalists in tour around the former police compound that his group captured in the last few days.
“Thanks to Allah, we are now in control of former police vehicle compound which was once used by the Somali parliament. We have achieved a lot in this latest fighting,” he said while addressing the journalists.
Ali Dhere was accompanied by Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, who in recent past was reported to have been badly injured in clashes with government forces. He however refuted those claims, saying he is well and in good health.
However, Deputy Commander of Somali forces has refuted claims by Al-Shabaab to have captured areas, but admitted casualties on their side.
The war-ravaged seaside city has been the scene of bloody insurgency that erupted in early 2007 and has so far killed more than 21,000 people.
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