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Gunbattle erupts at Mogadishu police station
MOGADISHU, March 10 (Reuters) - Newly-trained security forces clashed with police at a Mogadishu police station on Saturday in a gunbattle that killed one person and wounded two, witnesses said. The incident was a reminder of the size of the task faced by Ugandan soldiers, the vanguard of an African Union (AU) force that started arriving this week to tame the anarchy that has usually reigned in the Somali capital since 1991."A stray bullet came from nowhere. Tensions were high and there was firing from both sides," said local reporter Abdullahi Addow, who was inside the police station at the time. A security source said one policeman was killed and two security troops were wounded in the brief clash that took place when about 1,500 new forces turned up for duty at the police station in an eastern suburb of the coastal city. Many residents say insecurity is worsening in Mogadishu, with shootings and almost daily assaults on government forces and their Ethiopian allies, who defeated militant Islamists in a swift December offensive.
Posted by: Steve White 2007-03-10 |
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