Ten civilians killed in attack in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP):
Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a house in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing ten civilians, the government said.
The raid took place around 1200 GMT in the northern district of Abdiaziz, the government said, adding that three civilians had been wounded.
“The security forces rescued and extracted many other civilians from that house and other nearby buildings during the attack,” it said.
The attack was claimed by the Al-Shabaab.
A soldier named Mohamed Ali, who was present at the scene, said the attackers “stormed the building after blasting the main gate with explosives”.
In recent months, the Somali army and local clan militias have retaken chunks of territory from the militants in an operation backed by US air strikes and an African Union force known as ATMIS.
But Al-Shabaab, which has been fighting the government since 2007, still control parts of the countryside.
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