By Mohamed Olad Hassan
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The shelling killed two people in the city's crowded Bakara Market, where residents can buy everything from bags of sugar to assault rifles, and 10 in northern Mogadishu.
"I saw the dead bodies of at least 10 people, including three children and their mother who lives in a house next to mine," said Mogadishu resident Abdullahi Dhegey.
Somalia has not had an effective central government since 1991.
Last week, a director at the country's Security Ministry said a radical Islamic group that was driven from power one year ago by a Western-supported offensive is making a significant comeback in Somalia and the government can do little to stop it.
Source: AP, Dec 18, 2007