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| Somalia gunbattle kills 17 in capital; 6 wounded |
| 2008-11-21 |
| Somali security forces and Islamic insurgents engaged in one of the fiercest gunbattles in recent weeks in the capital Friday, killing at least 17 people and wounding six, police and witnesses said. The two-hour clash erupted when insurgents attacked the house of a local government official, residents in Mogadishu said. One of them, Dahir Mohamed, said he counted 15 bodies of young men on the street after the skirmish was over. It was not immediately clear if the dead were civilians or insurgents. Police officer Abdinur Salad said two soldiers were killed in the clash and another six soldiers were wounded. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 Somalia has "security forces"??? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-21 16:51 |