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Africa Horn
Mortar shells kill 2 near Somali presidential palace
2012-03-27
(Sh.M.Nework)- At least two people were killed and eight others injured after mortar bombardment near Somalia's presidential palace in the heart of Mogadishu, residents said on Monday.

Residents at squalid settlement, in Mogadishu's Wardhiglay district confirmed to Shabelle Media that some mortars hit inside Villa Somalia, the presidential palace while other missed their target and slammed into nearby an IDP camp, killing two displaced, a son and his father.

Residents at the IDP camp have expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
over the shells and reported heavy gunfire in the area overnight but could not confirm the exact casualties.

This is the second attempt to strike at the heart of the embattled Somali government palace in less than two week. TFG officials remained silence to talk about the barrage.
Posted by:Fred

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