Fighting erupts for 3rd day in Mogadishu
Afp, Mogadishu
Heavy weapons fire broke out before dawn yesterday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, as the Ethiopian army pressed its land and air offensive against insurgents for a third consecutive day.After a brief lull since nightfall, detonations could be heard again at 2:30 am (2330 GMT Friday), leaving residents trapped inside their homes amid the worst fighting the city has seen in 15 years. "We don't know where to go. We are trapped in our houses and dead bodies are lying in the street," a resident in the southern Ali Kamin area, Ibrahim Duale told AFP. "There is no chance of taking the wounded and dead people because of the heavy artillery and anti-aircraft weapons. It is still continuing and we cannot tell exactly the number of dead. I have seen at least seven bodies and they all lived in the neighbourhood," he said.
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