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| Troops shell Somali market killing 11 | |
| 2008-03-30 | |
| At least 11 people were killed in Mogadishu on Saturday when troops at the Villa Somalia presidential palace returned fire against Islamist insurgents who attacked it with mortar bombs, witnesses said. President Abdullahi Yusuf was meeting Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin there at the time, an
Residents said Ethiopian soldiers guarding Yusuf then launched shells at Bakara Market in the city below, killing a number of people and wounding dozens more. "Seven people including a woman died in the money changers' area when more than eight mortar bombs struck several parts of Bakara," shopkeeper Muse Ahmed told Reuters. "Four people were killed inside the market's food section," said another local trader, Yonis Abshir. The sprawling market is notorious for its open-air arms bazaar, and has been the site of frequent skirmishes between guerrillas and government troops backed by Ethiopian forces. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The good thing about firing mortars in Somalia is you won't hit an innocent civilian -- because there aren't any. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-03-30 10:48 |