MOGADISHU — At least ten civilians were killed in clashes Sunday between hawiye Islamist fighters backing the Somali government and a hardline Islamist group, officials and witnesses said.
About thirty people were also wounded in the fighting in Mogadishu's Yaqshid and Wardhigley districts. The latest fighting erupted after a car of a Somali lawmaker was exploded in front of Wardhigley police station where the rebel group Hizbul Islam controls. "The Islamist militia from hawiye-shabaab..Hisbul Islam group attacked pro-government Islamic forces and heavy fighting erupted killing around five people in Yaqshid district in north Mogadishu," a resident said. Witnesses said they a mortar shell landed on a house in Gedja’ayl neighborhood in Mogadishu and killed a civilian woman. This mortar has also wounded three civilians. "I saw the bodies of two civilians near Fagah junction. Seven others were injured in a teashop after a mortar shell struck the building," said witness khalif. On Saturday, at least eight people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between the hawiye ab-gaal pro-government forces and hawyehabar-gidir hawiye another group of Islamist fighters. A senior official at Mogadishu's Medina hospital said around 120 people had been taken in for treatment in the past three days. Hardline hawiye terrorist Islamist militia in the capital has in recent days intensified attacks against government targets. Some ab-gaal hawiye Islamist fighters have joined the talaban government of ab-gaal kawiye Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a moderate Islamist leader elected president in January
About thirty people were also wounded in the fighting in Mogadishu's Yaqshid and Wardhigley districts. The latest fighting erupted after a car of a Somali lawmaker was exploded in front of Wardhigley police station where the rebel group Hizbul Islam controls. "The Islamist militia from hawiye-shabaab..Hisbul Islam group attacked pro-government Islamic forces and heavy fighting erupted killing around five people in Yaqshid district in north Mogadishu," a resident said. Witnesses said they a mortar shell landed on a house in Gedja’ayl neighborhood in Mogadishu and killed a civilian woman. This mortar has also wounded three civilians. "I saw the bodies of two civilians near Fagah junction. Seven others were injured in a teashop after a mortar shell struck the building," said witness khalif. On Saturday, at least eight people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between the hawiye ab-gaal pro-government forces and hawyehabar-gidir hawiye another group of Islamist fighters. A senior official at Mogadishu's Medina hospital said around 120 people had been taken in for treatment in the past three days. Hardline hawiye terrorist Islamist militia in the capital has in recent days intensified attacks against government targets. Some ab-gaal hawiye Islamist fighters have joined the talaban government of ab-gaal kawiye Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a moderate Islamist leader elected president in January
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