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| Africa Horn |
| Renewed clashes kill four in Mog |
| 2007-04-12 |
| (SomaliNet) At least four people have been killed and six more were wounded in new flare up of fighting in the Somalia capital between forces loyal to the transitional federal government and local insurgents. The fighting renewed in area between Ramadan and Kaah hotels in north of Mogadishu where the rival sides exchanged all sorts of weapons overnight and intensified this morning into nearby villages. The latest battle which has now subsided is in violation of the recent ceasefire by the clan elders and the Ethiopian military officials. Local medical sources say that most of the people killed in fighting were civilians. Several mortar and artelary fires landed on civilian houses. Deafening sounds of artillery rounds could be heard last night. Some reports say the Ethiopian forces stationing in the presidential palace made the shelling targeting the insurgentsÂ’ strongholds. Both sides are said to have been receiving reinforcements as the sounds of heavy weaponry could be heard through the city. The resumption of clashes came hours after the Ethiopian army refused to meet Hawiye elders for routine peace negotiations unless insurgent commanders were present, AFP reports. |
| Posted by:Fred |