Weekend death toll hits 47 in Mogadishu fighting

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

MOGADISHU (AFP) — At least 29 people were killed Sunday in the heaviest clashes to rock Mogadishu in two months, bringing to 47 the death toll for two days of fighting between Ethiopian-backed Somali forces and Islamist insurgents.

The worst violence hit the northern neighbourhood of Huriwaa, where fighting has been ongoing since Saturday, leaving civilians caught in the crossfire. Shelling and gun fire could still be heard after dusk on Sunday.

Local resident Muse Hassan Ali told AFP that Ethiopian forces had killed at least five civilians in his neighbourhood.

"Two of them were working for the water company. The other three were killed as they were hiding in a house to shelter for the exchanges of fire," he said.

Three people died and 19 others...

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