4/12/10 - Mortar Attack - Mogadishu, Somalia
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
12:29 AM
Claire Morcos
Labels: 04/10 , Mogadishu , Mortar , Somalia , Unconfirmed , 0 comments
Date: April 12th, 2010
Method: Mortar
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Death Toll: 13
Injury Toll: 46
Perpetrators: Islamist fighters (Unconfirmed)
Global Times reports on the fighting between "Islamist fighters and Somali government forces backed by African Union (AU) peacekeepers":
The fighting broke out after insurgent fighters launched several rounds of mortar attack against targets of the Somali government and AU peacekeepers who responded with artillery fire on insurgent strongholds in the of the restive city.
Islamist insurgent wage almost daily fighting against Somali government forces and the nearly 5,000 AU peacekeeping troops based in Mogadishu. The latest flare-up of fighting comes days of relative calm in the Somali capital.
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