Mogadishu 10, Feb.07 ( Sh.M.Network) -At least seven persons were killed and dozens were wounded in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday after mortars and rockets rained down on the capital as unknown gunmen fired more than 10 mortars at different locations in the capital. Witnesses said four persons, including a young girl, were killed in Dayniile district, southwest of Mogadishu.The young girl was killed in an Orphanage center in Daynile after a mortar hit the center. Witnesses said explosion shrapnel cut the girlÂ’s throat, while one woman was wounded in the explosion. Witnesses said a two-year-old child was killed by a mortar that exploded in a neighborhood near the airport.
Mohammed Ahmed Siad, the director of Mogadishu airport, has told Shabelle that three mortars exploded inside the airport. He said there were no casualties. “The operation of the airport is continuing smoothly. The explosions have not obstructed the airport operations and they have not damaged anything,” he said.
Witnesses, who asked not be named in fear for their security, told Shabelle reporter Raage that Ethiopian troops based near Ex-Control, south of the capital, responded the attacks by firing several rockets at Daynile district after unknown gunmen launched propelled grenades towards the Ethiopian military positions.
Mortars also hit Kaah hotel in north Mogadishu where government officials, clan chiefs and traditional elders were having a workshop intended to clear the way for a national reconciliation conference. Two people were killed in the area. A vender sitting before her small near the hotel has instantly died after explosion, while a policeman guarding the hotel shot dead a man onboard a pickup truck.