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Violent clashes leave 6 dead in Somalia

09 October 2010 23:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Heavy clashes between Somali government troops and al-Shabab fighters have left at least six people dead and 14 others injured, APA reports quoting Press TV.

The violence broke out after government troops recaptured districts in northern Mogadishu previously controlled by the fighters.

The Somali government, backed by the 6,000-strong African Union force, controls only some areas around the presidential palace.

The peacekeepers, however, claim they have made advances in Somali capital over the past few days.

Mogadishu residents say militants are no longer patrolling through the city’s biggest market, Bakara, the Associated Press reported.

Somalia has been wracked by conflict since former President Siad Barre was ousted in 1991.