Al-Shabab fighters have been pushing to oust the Somali government from MogadishuSomali sources say at least 17 people have been killed and 61 more injured in fighting between government forces and opposition fighters. Government forces fired mortars on Thursday at fighters said to have been positioned in the busy market of Bakara in the capital Mogadishu, the sources said.
"We admitted 61 wounded people from yesterday's shelling," a doctor at the Medina (City) Hospital told the German Press Agency DPA."Three of them died inside the hospital during treatment."
Al-Shabab group, which recently announced it was joining al-Qaeda's international jihad, is pushing to oust the weak Western-backed government and controls much of Mogadishu and south-central Somalia.Civilians are often caught in the crossfire, and human rights organisations and aid agencies have called on both the government and armed groups to minimise civilian casualties.
"We admitted 61 wounded people from yesterday's shelling," a doctor at the Medina (City) Hospital told the German Press Agency DPA."Three of them died inside the hospital during treatment."
Al-Shabab group, which recently announced it was joining al-Qaeda's international jihad, is pushing to oust the weak Western-backed government and controls much of Mogadishu and south-central Somalia.Civilians are often caught in the crossfire, and human rights organisations and aid agencies have called on both the government and armed groups to minimise civilian casualties.
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