Toll rises after Somalia bus shootings

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — At least 39 people have been killed in recent incidents involving Ethiopian troops in Somalia, hospital sources and witnesses said Saturday.

Ethiopian forces opened fire on two minibuses near the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least 30 passengers.

Ten people injured in the shooting were taken to hospital where three of them later died of their injuries, said doctor Abdulahi Fiqi.

The bodies of six more people were found on Saturday in another area near the capital.

"We have recovered four bodies this morning from one spot and two more from another.... These were civilians who were killed yesterday (Friday) afternoon by the Ethiopian troops," witness Abdifatah Abdan Yussuf told AFP.

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