Garowe Online (Garowe)
29 December 2011
Mogadishu — There were clashes Wednesday night between Al Shabaab militants and AMISOM peacekeepers in Mogadishu the country’s capital, Radio Garowe reports.
The clashes took place in the area of Hurwaa, the fighting lasted for more than 1 hour and there were use of artillery from both sides but it is unclear how many casualties resulted from this intense fighting.
The spokesman for the district Omar Jeefana told the media the Transitional Federal Government TFG troops and AMISOM peacekeepers have ridden what he called people that did not want peace and fought with government.
Al Shabaab have not yet commented on the fighting that took place last night.
This morning the Hurwaa area was relatively quiet despite an hour of clashes and use of heavy artillery the night before.
The Al Shabaab have lost their strong hold on Mogadishu, just 4 months ago they retreated from Mogadishu and into southern Somalia.
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