(SomaliNet) Witnesses said At least four people were killed in Somalia's violent capital Mogadishu on Tuesday after insurgents ambushed Somali and Ethiopian troops. According to the witnesses, the fighting erupted in northern Mogadishu's Huriwa district, which has been vacant for months as a bloody insurgency continues into its 17th consecutive month. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports said the government wanted to establish a new military base in Huriwa, but Islamist rebels attacked the allied troops as they arrived, using rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns to face off against Ethiopian tanks. More than 10 people with various wounds were admitted to local hospitals afterwards.