(SomaliNet) At least 20 people have been killed and more than 30 others were wounded in heavy clan fighting which erupted in middle Shabelle region in south-central Somalia, reports say on Sunday. The fighting between militias loyal to Warsangeli and Agonyare sub-clans of Abgal clan of Hawiye tribe took place in Ali-Haji village of Addale district some 150km north of Jowhar, the provincial capital of middle Shabelle region late last week. The fighting which is still continuing in the area caused was by a row over houses and farm lands that was set on fire by one of the rival clans. Both warring sides killed dozens of people from the other using all sort of weapons.
Government soldiers who yesterday departed from Jowhar failed to stop the fighting which has intensified and spread into new areas. Efforts to stop the bloodshed are now under way in the region by clan intellectuals. Both rival sub-clans have history of brutal fighting over farm lands and pastoral areas.