Somalia: Heavy Fighting Breaks Out in Mogadishu

Mogadishu — Heavy fighting between the Islamist fighters and transitional government soldiers has broken out in Dabka intersection in Makka Al-mukarama Street in Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.

Several mortar shells landed at several neighborhoods in parts of Hodan district like Barmuda, KPP and other areas in the capital during the bitter fighting between the two sides.

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