Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
27 May 2011
Mogadishu — Sporadic firefight and artillery barrages erupted between Somali government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers and Al shabaab in Somalia’s war torn capital of Mogadishu, witnesses said of Friday.
The fighting started after Somali forces and AMISOM troops attacked key Al shabaab military bases in Hodan district in southern Mogadishu.
In the duration of the battle, the two warring factions used both heavy and light weapons as the echoes of artillery barrages could be heard most of the capital neighborhoods.
At least two people were slain and seven others injured in the firefight of Friday.
Government officials claimed great victories over the battles with Al shabaab fighters which took place neighborhoods near Bakaara market, Mogadishu’s commercial and an economic source for the group.
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