8 killed in Somalia amid government, insurgent battles

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

8 killed in Somalia amid government, insurgent battles
20 Jun 2007 11:13:42 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, June 20 (Reuters) - At least eight people, among
them three children, died in Mogadishu in a spate of apparent
insurgent attacks against the Somali interim government and
its Ethiopian allies, residents said on Wednesday.

One policeman died in an attack on a military camp by gunmen
on Wednesday morning, hours after seven people died when
Ethiopian soldiers fired their guns after a roadside bomb
exploded near one of their two passing trucks, residents said.

"Ethiopian troops riding from the other truck started firing
indiscriminately killing three children. The children were in a
house made of iron sheets," resident Adan Hussein told Reuters.

Four other bystanders also died in the attack late on Tuesday,
he said.

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Source: Shabelle Media Network

Somalia: Ethiopian Forces Shoot 8 Dead After a Roadside Bomb Blast

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
20 June 2007
Posted to the web 20 June 2007

Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu

At least nine people were killed so far after Ethiopian military
forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu shot dead 8 civilians
near former Somalia Defense Ministry in northwest of the
Somalia capital where Ethiopian troops are based.

The killing came as an Ethiopian convoy hit a roadside bomb
which exploded soon after the first military pick-up truck
carrying a number of Ethiopian soldiers was badly damaged,
according to an eye-witness who asked for anonymity in fear
of comeback.

"The Ethiopians cordoned of the area, shooting any moving
individual," the witness said.

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