The death toll is by the Hundreds
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Clashes between rival Islamist groups have killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 190 others in three days of battles in Somalia's capital, witnesses and hospital sources said on Sunday.The Horn of Africa nation's interim government is struggling with a powerful insurgency in one of the world's most dangerous countries, where fighting since late 2006 has killed thousands and forced more than a million more from their homes.
Hundreds of Islamists loyal to the government and opposition al Shabaab militiamen fought with heavy machine guns and mortars in northern Mogadishu over the weekend. "We killed an uncountable number of government fighters and moderate Islamists. Their dead bodies lie in the streets," Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, a senior al Shabaab official, told Reuters..more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54910D20090510?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
Deaths in Mogadishu mosque attack
least 15 people have been killed in a mortar attack on a mosque in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, witnesses say.The attack on Sunday came after about 50 people were killed and about 100 hurt in weekend fighting across the city between fighters loyal to the government and groups allied with al-Shabaab."I can see 15 bodies of people killed after a mortar hit a mosque," Hassan Abdulle, a witness, said."They wanted to attend the afternoon prayers."
Thousands of people have fled their homes in search of safety from the continuing fighting.
Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, a senior al-Shabaab official, said of the violence: "We killed an uncountable number of government fighters and moderate Islamists. Their dead bodies lie in the streets."
Worsening violence
Mohamed Sheikh Nor, a journalist in Mogadishu speaking to Al Jazeera, described the recent violence as the worst since Ethiopian troops withdrew from Somalia in January..more..http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/05/2009510131738896978.html
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