Mogadishu's Madina hospital is being swamped by wounded civilians, five of whom have died in hospital, after fighting broke out between Islamist insurgents and Somali government troops on Tuesday.
How can fighting break out when they're fighting all up and down the countryside? | Residents say at least 11 people died when mortar shells hit a house in the south of the city. Two rebels and a government soldier were killed in fighting near Bakara Market. Two Australian Army soldiers were also wounded when they stopped a suicide bomber from ramming a truck laden with explosives into their base.
Let us wish they heal well and speedily. | Rebels from the al Shabaab group exchanged gun fire and artillery shelling with government troops and peacekeeping troops in a wave of fighting that has rocked the East African nation.
Scores were wounded in the latest clashes according to the deputy head of Madina hospital. |