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At least 5 killed in fighting in Somalia’s capital

03 December 2010 03:25 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A Somali emergency official says clashes between Islamic fighters and government soldiers have killed at least five people in the chaotic capital, APA reports quoting news.yahoo.com website.
Mogadishu ambulance service chief Ali Muse says 17 others were wounded Thursday as the opposing sides pounded each other with mortars. He says most of the dead and wounded are civilians.
Also on Thursday, residents of the southern town of Burhakaba said fighting between two Islamist groups entered a second day and left 9 dead and 15 wounded.
Islamic militants have been fighting a three-year insurgency, aimed at toppling the U.N.-backed government that controls only an enclave of Mogadishu.
Somalia has not had an effective government since warlords toppled the last such government in 1991.