Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
5 January 2009
Mogadishu — Fresh fighting between Somali Islamist insurgents and government Soldiers has broken out at Dherkenley district in Mogadishu early on Monday morning, witnesses said.
Residents said that the fighting began after the Somali Islamist fighters have attacked a military base of the government soldiers at around the residences come under Dherkenley district especialy the residences of Dabakyo Madow and Ma'ma'anka in Mogadishu and both militias exchanged heavy weapons as reported.
"Every one could hear the sounds of the bullets and no one could go outside of his house because of gunfire of the fighting. The fighting was between Somali Islamist insurgents and the government soldiers in Dherkenley district and began at around 7:45 local time in the morning," witnesses told radio Shabelle
Residents say that the Islamist fighters have captured the military base of the government soldiers during the war but lately left back from there as reported and it is not known the reason of today's fighting that has caused to halt the transportation and movement of the people in Dherkenley district in Mogadishu.
No casualties have been reported until now except a civilian person who was injured in the fighting and there is no group claimed the responsibility of the fighting in Mogadishu but reports from the residents say that the situation of the fighting is rather calm now.
The Somali Islamist forces always target attacks of gunfire, bomb explosions and other mortar shells to the foreign troops and government soldiers who are greatly against the presence of the foreign troops in Somalia and the policy of the transitional government.
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