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| Africa Horn |
| Attacks continue in Mogadishu |
| 2007-02-13 |
| (SomaliNet) Amid the violence against the interim government and Ethiopian forces, unidentified gunmen have attacked the house of trade minister professor Abdulahi Afrah in Somalia capital Mogadishu on Monday night. The gunmen have thrown a grenade bomb into house, located in Suuq Bacad market, north of the restive Mogadishu around 8:30pm local time. The guards at the house responded with gunfire while the attackers escaped unharmed. There is no immediate casualty on the latest attack as the minister was in his house in the time of the attack. Elsewhere in the capital, the sound of heavy artillery and rocket fires could be heard throughout Mogadishu particular around the presidential compound and the seaport where are heavily guarded by the allied forces of Somalia and Ethiopia. Several mortar rounds were reported to have hit the presidential palace and the seaport. No casualty has been reported so far. Residents living near the villa Somalia say that the Ethiopians were firing artillery shells in response to the attackers. Other developments say that short time fighting happened in Dharkenley neighborhood, west of the capital where the government forces stayed in the districtÂ’s police station clashed with unknown assailants who had launched an ambush attack. No one can verify the exact casualties of the latest attacks but the many people are feared to have died or injured in the violence. |
| Posted by:Fred |