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| Two insurgents among 6 killed in fresh clashes in Mogadishu |
| 2008-07-19 |
| (SomaliNet) Witnesses and insurgent spokesman said Thursday six people including two insurgent fighters died and more than nine others were wounded in heavy fighting that broke out between insurgents and Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops in northwest of Mogadishu. Witnesses told Xinhua that four civilians died after shells landed in their homes in Yaqshid and Huruwaa districts in the northwest of Mogadishu while four others were wounded. In a separate incident, two other civilians were wounded by stray bullets from the clashes in other districts in the south of the restive Somali capital Mogadishu. Abdirahim Isse Addow, spokesman for the Islamic Courts Union fighters, said that his group carried out the attacks which began after insurgents launched concerted attacks on a number of Ethiopian and Somali government army bases. He said two of the Islamist fighters were killed and three others were wounded in the fighting which last for more than two hours. Heavy artillery, mortars, rocket propelled grenades, and heavy machine guns were used in the attack. |
| Posted by:Steve White |