(SomaliNet) Clashes have renewed in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Sunday between the intensified local insurgents and the interim government troops following security raids aimed to crack down the insurgency, witnesses said – as hundreds of young people in the capital continue to demonstrate against the Ethiopian presence. People in Hodan and Howlwadag neighborhoods began to flee their houses fearing for being caught in the crossfire as heavy explosions and artillery weapons could be heard in the area. There is no immediate casualty from the latest gun battle.
According to the local residents, heavily armed militants linked with the ousted Islamic Courts Union could be seen around KPP intersection as they had briefed occupied the Hodan police station yesterday after gun battle.
It is the second day of heavy clashes between the Islamists and forces of the interim government which had an impact on the business activity in south of the capital.