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| Last Updated: Apr 3, 2012 - 2:47:55 AM |
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Somalia: Mogadishu clashes leaves 15 dead
21 Mar 21, 2011 - 2:17:12 PM
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At least 15 people have been killed and 20 others injured after intense fighting and mortars fire exchange between Somali government forces backed by African Union troops and Al-Shabaab militias in Somalia’s war-torn capital, on Monday.
The clashes broke out on Monday night and continued in the morning after Al-Shabaab attacked AMISOM and Somali government forces bases in the capital Mogadishu.
According to Mogadishu emergency ambulance service 20 people have been injured in the fighting.
A businessman in the busy Bakaro Market who spoke on condition of anonymity told Garowe Online “six people have been killed and eight others injured after mortars hit the market,” He adds that AMISOM and Somali government troops shelled mortars to the market and other neighbourhood districts such as Wardhiigley, Kaaraan and Yaaqshiid.
Nearly 100 people have been killed and others injured in the past two weeks in Somalia’s war-ravaged capital Mogadishu, after deadly clashes between Somali government forces backed by AMISOM troops and Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda linked militia which controls much of south and central Somalia, including large parts of the capital.
GAROWEONLINE
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