Terrorist Islamist surgents launch heavy attack on AMISOM bases,Child killed by Somalia shelling

least one civilian was killed and five others were wounded after Terrorist Islamist rebels have launched heavy attack on two bases of African Union troops in Mogadishu overnight, witnesses said on Wednesday. The two sides have used anti aircraft machine guns, mortars, and rockets which frightened the civilians who remained in the capital. The Insurgents attacked Jalle Siad Academy and former Somali University building in south Mogadishu, bases of Burundian troops from African Union peace keepers. The fighting lasted for about two hours and the sound of gun fire could be heard in many parts of the capital. The Islamist rebels who are fighting against the Somali government have vowed they will continue the fighting till the government collapses and the African Union troops leave the country.
Child killed by Somalia shelling
least three civilians, including a child, have been killed during fierce overnight fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
A BBC correspondent in the city said the sound of the exchange of heavy weapons could be heard across southern Mogadishu for two hours. ..more.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8058895.stm