(SomaliNet) At least two civilians have been killed and more than fifteen others were wounded on Wednesday when the Ethiopian forces in the Somalia capital Mogadishu opened fire at a passenger bus that was passing near their base of former defense ministry building south of the capital. The incident happened near Shirkole area is where yesterday the insurgents and Ethiopian troops involved in face to face gun battle leaving six civilians dead and wounding six others, medical sources say.
Some of the wounded were serious and two of them died of their wounds as the Ethiopians denied to give the injured access to hospitals. “We, the wounded people have been stranded by the Ethiopian soldiers for two hours and were rejected to be taken to the hospital until two of us died of hemorrhage,” Halima Abokar among the wounded passengers said.
Witnesses said the Ethiopian and government forces were searching cars and passenger buses on the road when unknown gunmen wearing masks on their faces attacked the Ethiopians. Heavily armed Ethiopian forces are now patrolling the area where yesterdayÂ’s clashes happened, searching all cars on the road in fear of insurgentsÂ’ attacks. |