- Title: SOMALIA: Scores injured as fresh fighting in erupts Somali capital Mogadishu
- Date: 22nd October 2007
- Summary: MEDICS TRANSPORTING INJURED PERSON ON STRETCHER NEAR HOSPITAL ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF INJURED LYING ON HOSPITAL BEDS INSIDE WARD (2 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 6th November 2007 12:00
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- Location: Somalia
- Country: Somalia
- Topics: Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVADJKN8N14FYF7J3XHKH29JGZ6K
- Story Text: Fresh fighting in Somali capital - reports say suspected insurgents ambushed Ethiopian troops.
Hospitals in Mogadishu were struggling on Monday (October 22) to deal with the influx of scores of wounded in fresh fighting in Somalia's capital.
The number of soldiers hurt is unknown but civilian casualty figures are said to be rising as witnesses said fighting was continuing.
The clashes are believed to have started over the weekend as the soldiers returned from a security operation, near the football stadium in Towfiq district.
Ali Mohamed, the Deputy Manager of the Madina hospital in Mogadishu, said in total 84 people were being treated for injuries.
Many local residents have fled the area due to the fighting.
Ethiopian troops are in Somalia to prop up the Somali government after an alliance of Islamist opposition groups were chased out of Mogadishu in a massive military offensive in late 2006.
The government is the 14th attempt at bringing order to anarchy since the ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
Since then, the Horn of Africa nation has been synonymous with lawlessness and unending violence between small warring factions struggling for control. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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