Somali troops have shot dead seven civilians in southern Mogadishu after accusing them of being Islamic insurgents.A Somali aid worker affiliated to the UN World Food Programme was also shot dead in a separate incident, according to witnesses.
Witness Liban Ahmed said government soldiers killed at least seven civilians and wounded four more during an operation in Daynile neighbourhood in the capital but government commander Dahir Ali Farey insisted the dead were Islamist fighters.
Witness Abdirahman Munim said three gunmen shot dead the deputy chairman of a local aid organisation at a food distribution point eight miles outside the capital in a separate incident.