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Deadly clashes erupt in Mogadishu
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 | | The streets of Mogadishu, the Somali capital, have seen fierce fighting over the past month |
Fighting has erupted again the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving at least 10 civilians dead and 15 more injured, report says.
Heavy shelling could be heard around the city on Thursday as Ethiopian troops clashed with Somali groups opposed to the country’s interim government, agencies report.
Witnesses told the AFP news agency that eight people were killed eight when a mortar landed in a bus station in the south of the city.
Hassan Ibrahim, who drove a minivan full of injured people to Madina Hospital from the central Al Barakah district, told Reuters: "Six consecutive missiles hit ... There are many wounded." The latest clashes come weeks after four days of ferocious fighting killed 1,000 people at the end of March, and a truce since then has failed to prevent sporadic clashes. At least seven people also died on Wednesday in separate fighting.
The Ethiopian backed interim government has been attempting to maintain order in Mogadishu against resistance from fighters loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts and from the local Hawiye clan after their forces drove out the Islamic courts from large areas of the country that the conservative group controlled.
Also on Thursday, an Ethiopian military truck exploded on the outskirts of Mogadishu, possibly killing the soldiers on board, said a witness, who did not know what caused the explosion.
The truck was one of two carrying Ethiopian soldiers travelling on the main road to key southern Somalia towns. The explosion took place about 20km south of Mogadishu.
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