Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
18 May 2011
Mogadishu — Clashes erupted between Somali forces backed by AMSIOM and Al shabaab fighters in Mogadishu on Wednesday killing at least 15 people and hurting 80 others.
Health officials said most of the victims harmed by shrapnel of haphazard artillery bombardments both the warring factions used during the confrontations.
A number of mortar shells have been reported to have landed in many parts of Mogadishu’s largest and busiest market of Bakaara where most of casualties took place.
Ali Muse Sheikh, head of Mogadishu ambulance service confirmed Shabelle that they had collected nearly eighty wounded in today’s battles.
Wobbly calm has returned to Mogadishu’s war zones as sporadic gun fire could sometimes be heard.
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