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Somalia: fighting erupts in Kismayu
2007-06-23
(SomaliNet) Fresh gun battle between rival soldiers within the Transitional Federal Government has erupted in SomaliaÂ’s southern port city of Kismayu on Friday killing seven people and wounding 30 others - as heavily armed Ethiopian forces are heading to Kismayu to go between the warring clans.

The fighting that lasted for four hours in Bulo-Gadud and Gobweyn villages village, near Kismayu went between Sade and Majerten clans of Darod, one of powerful tribes in Somalia. Both clan soldiers in the government are fighting for the control of Kismayu, 500km south of the capital Mogadishu.

Unconfirmed reports say the soldiers that hailed from Sade clan who now control Kismayu overrun those from Majerten clan, led by Col. Abdirisak Afgadud who was close to the president of Somalia Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed. A spokesman for Sade clan who declined to be named claimed that his militia seized six war vehicles from the other side and took hostage their commander Aden Bojar. There is no independent confirmation on that. Just in reports say that the fighting still continues as both sides regain reinforcements.
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