| Six people, including four soldiers, were killed in Mogadishu as violence raged between Somali government forces and an Islamist-led insurgency, witnesses and security sources said Monday. Fighting erupted late Sunday when around 50 insurgents attacked government forces with heavy weapons, according to witnesses. “We have lost three government soldiers including Nur Warsame Hirey, the commander of the unit that was attacked last night near Barakat Cemetery,” a military commander told AFP on condition of anonymity. The body of a fourth soldier was found near the scene of the fighting early Monday, said witness Husein Mohamed Osman. Gunmen also shot dead two local officials in northern Mogadishu on Monday, said Abdukadir Nur Barre, a local grocer who witnessed the incident. |