{"id":525391,"date":"2010-04-13T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-4855036629418618876"},"modified":"2010-04-13T00:35:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T04:35:42","slug":"somalia-fighting-leaves-19-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/525391","title":{"rendered":"Somalia Fighting Leaves 19 Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Injured victims of a bomb blast at a hotel in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu on December 3, 2009. Three top generals in the US-backed regime recently resigned.<\/a>
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Somalia fighting leaves 19 dead<\/p>\n

At least 19 people, many of them civilians, have been killed in an outburst of fighting in the divided Somali capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

Thirteen people died when African Union peacekeepers and government forces hit back after a militant attack on a military ceremony.<\/p>\n

Reports say the AU forces used heavy artillery in densely populated areas in what was the worst shelling in months.<\/p>\n

Another six people were killed by roadside bombs near Mogadishu airport.<\/p>\n

“It was indiscriminate shelling,” Ali Muse, head of Mogadishu’s ambulance services, told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

“Our teams collected the bodies of 16 civilians, while 55 others were injured in the shelling. Several children are among the dead.”<\/p>\n

The shelling started in the afternoon when Islamist fighters fired mortars at the presidential palace and airport during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the country’s national army.<\/p>\n

Government troops backed by the AU reportedly responded with heavy artillery fire.<\/p>\n

At the airport, a blast hit a military vehicle, killing two soldiers, said eyewitness Haji Dahir Igale.<\/p>\n

“Afterward local residents and some other government officials rushed to the scene to help the injured and as they gathered the second explosion went off, killing four civilians.”<\/p>\n

Somalia has not had a functioning government in decades and the Islamist rebels control large parts of its territory.<\/p>\n

Story from BBC NEWS:
http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/pr\/fr\/-\/2\/hi\/africa\/8616861.stm
Published: 2010\/04\/13 03:16:32 GMT
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