Somalia: Calm Returns to Warring Neighborhoods in Mogadishu

19 October 2009 Shaaficiyah Media

Mogadishu: Calm has returned to the warring neighborhoods in the Somali capital Mogadishu, just after heavy fighting with shelling between the Islamist fighters and the allied troops of AMSOM and government soldiers.

At least two civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded in yesterday's clash between the Islamist forces and the transitional government soldiers backing by AU troops which bitterly continued in parts of Hodan district in Mogadishu.

Residents of the areas where the fighting continued on Sunday afternoon told Shaaficiyah Media they could see remains of the heavy weapons which use by both warring sides in the capital saying that the situation of the war zones were normal today.

The movement of the traffic between Hawl-wadag bus-station and business activity in Bakara market restarted normally on Monday.

Health officials said that most of the wounded civilians in the capital were rushed and cured in the hospital In Mogadishu.

Shaaficiyah Media