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| Africa Horn |
| Renewed gun battle rages in Mogadishu |
| 2007-04-13 |
| (SomaliNet) Heavy gun battle rages in the Somalia capital Mogadishu for the second day between the interim government troops backed by Ethiopian forces and Somali insurgents in breach of the recent ceasefire. The fighting began yesterday around the area between Ramadan and Kaah hotels in north of the capital where the rival sides exchanged heavy weapons killing at least four people and wounding 19 others as the local medical sources said. The deputy defense minister Salad Ali Jelle speaking to the local media said that three of the government soldier have been wounded in yesterday’s fighting. “The local terrorists led by Aden Ayrow, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Somalia have attacked government positions but they repelled back and nad humilated them,” said Jelle vowing they will crush down the remnants of the ousted Islamists. There is no immediate casualty on today’s gun battle but sources say that there are number of people killed or wounded in artillery shelling fired by the Ethiopian forces stationing in the presidential palace. The fighting restarted around 6:30am local time this morning between the government forces and insurgents as the sounds of heavy artillery fires. The fighting continues as peace efforts are going on between Hawiye clan elders and the Ethiopian military officials. |
| Posted by:Fred |