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| Somalia: Fresh fighting flares up as soldiers put on alert |
| 2007-08-30 |
| (SomaliNet) Fresh clashes erupted in the southern parts of the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Wednesday between government’s security forces and supporters of the defeated Islamic Courts Union – following today’s string of grenade attacks and shootouts that wounded more than ten people including policemen. The fighting started around 7:50 pm local time near the villages surrounding Mogadishu’s main Bakara market as explosions and heavy machine-gun gunfire could be heard in the area. Witnesses told Somalinet tonight the latest gun battle came when heavily armed police forces were deployed on the main roads of Wadnaha and Sodonka to bolster the peace as the reconciliation conference is due to be concluded on Thursday. The soldiers who were put on alert clashed with local insurgents. There was no immediate casualty from the latest nighttime skirmishes. Meanwhile, two police officers wounded when a bomb exploded on vehicle carrying government soldiers in the capital. Several other blasts rocked the capital today alone causing the injury of eight civilians. On Wednesday afternoon, the allied forces of Ethiopia and Somalia ended their military operations seeking for weapons in Huriwa and Yaqshid districts as the situation resumed normal. |
| Posted by:Fred |