At least 10 killed as Mogadishu violence surges

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

At least 10 killed as Mogadishu violence surges

By Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist rebels fired rockets
and mortar bombs at Somali security forces, killing at least
10 people in the latest surge of violence to engulf the capital
Mogadishu, residents said on Thursday.

The city has seen increasingly brazen attacks this week by
guerrillas who are targeting government troops, their Ethiopian
military allies and African Union peacekeepers from Uganda.

At least nine people were killed in an overnight raid on a police
station in northern Mogadishu's Daynile neighbourhood, while
another civilian died when an attacker hurled a grenade at a
cafe popular with military officers in the south of the city.

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Read more: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1209842007

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Source: Shabelle Media Network

Somalia: Mogadishu residents continue fleeing

Mogadishu 02, August.07 ( Sh.M.Network)- Hundreds of families
have been fleeing Mogadishu's Odweyne neighborhood on
Thursday after strings Ethiopian mortar bombs killed at least 10
people, including women and children, and wounded more than
25 in overnight skirmishes that took place between Somalia's
Islamist-led insurgents and the Ethiopian troops.

Most of the families fleeing the unstable capital said they were
afraid of renewed fighting in their areas following last night's
incident.

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Read more: http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne3450.htm

[High Plains]

1. It's looking a little sketchy for our proxies in Mogadishu.