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Street Battles Kill 14 in Somali Capital

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:38:47 AM
By SALAD DUHUL

A Somali woman is carried by relatives into Medina Hospital,  Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, April 18, 2007,  after she was hit by shrapnel during fighting in Mogadishu.  Fighting between Ethiopian troops, backing Somalia's fragile government, and insurgents erupted in the streets of the Somali capital leaving at least 11 people dead and dozens others injured, eyewitnesses and health officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Mortar fire killed three people and wounded six in the Somali capital Wednesday after a night of street fighting left at least 11 people dead and dozens injured, witnesses and health officials said.

Fadumo Muyadin, a schoolteacher, told The Associated Press that she saw two women and one man dead when she went to see whether victims of the attack in the northern part of Mogadishuh needed help. She said she drove some of the wounded to a hospital.

It was not clear who fired the mortars, witnesses said.


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