Star News Services
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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MOGADISHU (Windsor Star) - At least 14 Somalis were killed in inter-clan clashes sparked by land ownership disputes, witnesses said Friday.
Fighting broke out late Thursday near Kismayo, a port town located some 500 kilometres south of the capital Mogadishu, between the Huber and Shekal clans.
"The fighting left around 14 people dead. Many of them are combatants and some of them are civilians caught in crossfire," said Haji Adan Moalim Shure, an elder in Kismayo.
Another elder, Hassan Farah. said they secured a ceasefire which was soon violated by reprisal attacks from one clan.
Inter-clan fighting is common in the lawless Horn of Africa nation over access to land, pasture and water.
Source: The Windsor Star, July 19, 2008