(SomaliNet) Hundreds of families began on Thursday to flee their houses in parts of Hodan district in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia after mortar attacks between the insurgents and the Ethiopian forces which killed ten civilians and dozens wounded. The fleeing people fear of new flare up of fighting between the backup Ethiopian forces and the local militants linked with the ousted Islamic Courts Union. “We have been in nightmares, because of the constant skirmishes between the Ethiopians and the insurgents, we have no other choice than to evacuate here, this is becoming too dangerous to live longer and it is turning into battle area,” said Elmi Haji, 56, a father of nine children.
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More than 160 people mostly civilians were killed and hundreds were injured in Mogadishu alone since the violence renewed a month ago when the interim government posed tough security measures including dusk to dawn curfew.