Somalia: Seven People Killed in Renewed Mogadishu Clashes

23 December 2008

At least seven people were killed Monday afternoon in Somalia's volatile capital Mogadishu after Islamist rebels attacked government troops, Radio Garowe reports.

Most of the victims were civilians who died in the crossfire, as the rival sides exchanged machineguns and mortars.

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