Internecine struggle between fighters belonging to the Somali opposition group the Union of Islamic Courts leaves a top UIC official dead. The officer, named Sheikh Abdul Salam, was killed by the oppositionists supporting UIC's Djibouti-based members who had engaged with those in favor of the group's offshoot in Asmara, Eritrea, a Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported. The incident also Abdul Salam's bodyguard dead. The attackers were reportedly on the move to capture the southern town of Jowhar where the confrontation took place.
Senior opposition figure, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed recently clinched a deal in Djibouti with the country's leadership towards the goal of curbing the hostilities.