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| Africa Horn |
| Clash between Somalia police, soldiers kills 13 |
| 2010-06-14 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Fighting between Somali government troops and police has killed at least 13 people and injured 14 in Mogadishu after soldiers tried to rob civilians, police said on Sunday. The clash occurred on Saturday in Hamarjajab district, in the south of the capital. "The clashes came after some of the government troops started to rob a civilian car and the police were trying to stop it," Abdullahi Moalim Kerow, a police officer, said. The clash resulted in the deaths of nine soldiers and four civilians who were not involved in the fighting but were caught in the crossfire. "We have collected bodies of nine government troops ... and three unidentified civilians. The injured have been taken to ... hospital and the fighting has stopped," Kerow said late on Saturday. "This kind of clashes among the government troops is unfortunate and has been repeated so many times, claiming the lives of nearly 100 troops since January." Ten civilians were wounded and one of them later died, Ali Muse Abdi, the coordinator of ambulance services in Mogadishu, told Reuters. Elsewhere, al-Shabaab regained control the strategic central town of Baladwayne from Hizbul Islam. While Hizbul Islam and al-Shabaab have fought together against the government in Mogadishu, they are rivals in other parts of the country. "Al-Shabaab is in full of control of the town. Their fighters are everywhere. There was no confrontation at all. The Hizbul Islam in town has been disarmed," Adam Mohamed, a resident of Baladwayne, said. |
| Posted by:Fred |