Friday, July 03, 2009

The government troops launched an offensive to dislodge the Shebab and other hardline fighters from positions in Mogadishu's Karan district which they had seized in recent battles.

"I have seen the bodies of six people who were killed by stray bullets. Three of them are from the same family," Ahmed Abdi Mumin, an elder in Karan, told AFP.

Another resident, Hassan Abdullahi, said four people were killed at a former navy barracks in the district.

Five others, including a child also died in the clashes, according to residents.

"We will bury them today even without being identified," said Moalim Hassan Alas.

The Shebab and Hezb al-Islam, a more political group, launched an unprecedented nationwide offensive in May against the administration of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

The internationally backed Sharif has been holed up in his presidential quarters, protected by African Union peacekeepers as his forces were unable to reassert their authority over the capital.

Around 300 people are confirmed to have been killed in the latest violence.

Source: AFP, July 03, 2009

fiqicigaal @ 7/4/2009 1:17 PM EST  nomadic1 Perhaps it was my twin brother who is also thinning on the forehead(baldness) but who is just like Fiqi remarkably handsome. kkkkkk

Terminator @ 7/4/2009 3:11 AM EST  Bunch of sub-human species that World has not seen in recent memory.....determined to kill and destroy innocent civilians lives! What else do these AL-Haraams know besides violence?

Sahalsiidi @ 7/3/2009 6:01 PM EST  Shanta, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Forensic team led by Dr/General/Sheikh Yusuf Indhacade.

shanta @ 7/3/2009 5:49 PM EST  Sahal, Lol Mogadishu CSI..

nomadic1 @ 7/3/2009 4:08 PM EST  Fiqi lol Are you by any chance carrying some stolen WFP rations. lol