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****** Somalia: Fresh Fighting Kills Five, Injures Nine Others in Mogadishu
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4 September 2009
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Mogadishu — At least 5 civilians have been killed and 9 others have been
injured in Mogadishu after heavy fighting between AMISOM troops and the
Islamist forces broke out in the Somali capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio
on Thursday.
Reports say that the fighting started as the Islamist fighters attacked
Kuliyadda Jale Siad, a large base for the African Union troops specially the
Burundians who were targeted on Thursday evening.
The sound of heavy weapons could be heard all directions in the capital as both
sides used more heavy weapons during the fighting as the residents expressed
concern about the fighting.
Witnesses told Shabelle radio that 2 civilians died and three others wounded in
Bakara Market after a mortar shell landed there while a stray shelling landed
around Raderka neighborhood in Mogadishu killing 3, injuring 5 others.
The fighting follows several clashes between the Islamist forces and
transitional government soldiers backing by AMISOM troops in Mogadishu.
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