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MOGADISHU (AFP) — Four policemen and two civilians were killed
Monday in the latest fighting in the Somali capital, witnesses and
police said.Islamist insurgents attacked policemen manning a
checkpoint in southern Mogadishu's KPP neighbourhood, triggering a
heavy exchange of fire, they said.
"I have seen three dead
soldiers and a civilian near KPP intersection. They were all killed in
the clashes," said said Mohamed Suge Ali, a witness.
Angry
residents dragged the body of one of the policemen through the streets
after the fighting subsided, said Omar Ali, another witness.
A
policeman and a second civilian died in hospital, bringing the overall
toll to six people. The pair were among a group of 10 people taken for
treatment, said Ali Ade, a medical staff in the capital's Madina
hospital.
A Somali policemen confirmed the deaths, a day after five fatalities occured in similar clashes in Mogadishu.
Over
the past year, the city has been rocked by almost daily violence
pitting Ethiopian-backed Somali forces against Islamist insurgents.
The guerrilla fighting has killed hundreds of civilians and forced tens of thousands to flee.
SOURCE: AFP, March 24, 2008