(SomaliNet) At least 20 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded in the latest round of fighting in the Somalia capital Mogadishu between the Ethiopian forces and the local insurgents, medical sources say on Saturday. Several artillery shells hit civilian areas in south of the capital this morning causing deaths and injuries. 135 people mostly civilians have been killed and 370 others were wounded in four days of heavy fighting. Most of the people were killed by the shrapnel of the mortar explosions.
Meanwhile, the Ethiopian forces have bombarded Saturday Horn Afrik Radio and TV station, one of the main local media outlets in the Somalia capital Mogadishu wounding at least two of its staff, sources confirmed to Somalinet.
Cameraman Abdi Yare and reporter Yahye Ali Farah have been seriously wounded when several artillery shells hit the building of Horn Afrik as the staff were doing their journalistic work. The latest shelling caused Horn Afrik Radio to go off air and it is feared the RadioÂ’s transmission equipment was damaged by the explosion. Both Yahye and Yare are now being treated in Medina hospital as the medical officials say they are in critical condition. Horn Afrik Radio and TV station is situated in the stronghold of the local insurgents where the artillery fires are hitting.
Other developments say that the Ethiopian forces blocked the road between Mogadishu and Afgoye, 30km south of the city. It is unclear why this road was closed but some reports say that it was cut off for security grounds. |