Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The fighting erupted on the road in south Mogadishu when Islamist fighters attacked the bases of government and the troops of the African Union peacekeepers in the capital.

Seven civilians died in Bakaro market when consecutive mortar shells landed in a building where some people were hiding from the heavy weapons.

“Six of the residents died instantly as the result of the consecutive heavy mortar shells,” Sahal Farah, a resident in Bakaro market tod APA.

“The fighting was flowed by a heavy shelling,” adding “there were weapons that I have never heard.”

A child was also reported to have been killed when a stray bullet hit him.

The head of the ambulance services, Lifeline Africa and Nationlink told APA that they witnessed more than four people dead in the market.

“We admitted ten people to hospital,” Ali Muse, head of the ambulance service, Lifeline Africa and Natiolink, told APA, by telephone.

“We saw more dead bodies but we were only trying to save the injured people,” he added.

The APA correspondent in Mogadishu who that time was in the area saw at least two dead bodies lying on the road.

The Islamists have intensified their attacks on the government and have vowed to topple the president of the UN-backed government.

Somalia has not had a functioning central government since 1991 when Somali warlords ousted the Somali regime of former President Mohammed Siad Barre.

Source: APA, Sept 22, 2009

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