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Heavy artillery, mortar shelling and gunfire killed at least 20 people in a fourth day of fighting between rival militias in the Somali capital, residents and militia leaders said on Saturday. The battle, which erupted on Wednesday and has killed at least 70 people so far, had eased overnight. But fighting broke out in the Daynile and Keysaney districts on Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing, witnesses said. On the other side of the shattered city in Galgalato, fighters for warlords who have dubbed themselves a counter-terrorism alliance repelled attacks from Islamist militias who have increasingly gained control of Mogadishu. This is the fourth round of fighting between the two sides since February, in what residents say is the worst combat in the city in a decade. |