(SomaliNet) Three soldiers were killed and three civilians were wounded when the local insurgent groups clashed with the government troops at Suuqa Xoolaha village in Huriwa district, north of the Somalia capital on Sunday afternoon, witnesses said. Islamist fighters ambushed police convoy returning to their post near SOS Mother and Child hospital around 5:00pm local time. They have exchanged 15 minutes gunfire. | With their usual deplorable marksmanship. |
It is not clear the casualty on the militants who escaped through the village.
The police spokesman Abdiwahid Mohamed Hussein said he had no information about what happened and told Somalinet that he will later detail on it when things become more clearer. He argued that the city was entirely calm today and violence happened.
| He's a pretty good police spokesman if he can say that and keep his lips on. |