(SomaliNet) Militants have launched a mortar attack at the main seaport of the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Sunday killing at least one civilian and wounding five others. The latest attack happened round 2:15 pm local time. Witnesses told Somalinet that un unidentified militia fired eight mortar rounds towards the seaport, four of the shells landed inside the port causing the death of a man named Mumin who was among the dock workers while the rest of the fired mortars hit nearby Xamar Jajab neighborhood wounding four civilians. The Ethiopian soldiers at the seaport fired more than ten artillery shells hitting Behani village of Shibis district in return. There is no immediate casualty on the latest attack.
Shortly after the attack, the allied forces of Somalia and Ethiopia sealed the area near the seaport searching and people, houses and cars. No one was reported being held for suspicion.