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| Africa Horn |
| Armed Groups Kill Two in Mogadishu |
| 2008-05-26 |
| Unknown armed groups have shot dead two civilians in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday night according to the residents. The two were killed in Dharkenley neighborhood eastern part of Mogadishu when armed men entered in business site in the locale where the man and his wife were jointly killed. It's yet unknown the motive behind the killing of the man and his wife although some speculation in the neighborhood say that they were associated to the government troops. It's not the first that civilian people came under deadly attack from unknown armed groups carrying the illegal weapons in the lawlessness horn of Africa country. Somewhere else heavy fighting between Ethio-Som troops and armed groups has erupted in Yaqshid neighborhood north of the capital Saturday morning according to the residents. The fighting has begun after armed groups have attacked at Ethio-Som soldier's checkpoints in Towfiq and Mogadishu football stadium where sudden fighting started. Two civilians were killed in the vicinity of Towfiq after Ethiopian troops opened fires on the deceased people were walking near their houses. |
| Posted by:Fred |