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| Africa Horn |
| Deadly clashes hit Somali capital |
| 2007-09-09 |
| At least six people have been killed and many wounded in fighting between government troops and fighters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The gun battles began early on Wednesday morning, locking residents inside their homes. Hamdi Ahmed Ali, a resident living close to the Bakara market near the scene of the fighting, said: "Two men were killed, one was a waiter and the other was the brother of a restaurant owner." Another resident said that he saw bodies lying on the streets. Farah Aden Omar, who saw the casualties by looking from the roof of her house, told Reuters news agency: "I saw three dead men and six wounded people, but I could not go out of the house." Medics at the Madina hospital said they had received 29 wounded people, one of whom died. Somali police said that an operation was under way. |
| Posted by:Fred |