MOGADISHU(Mareeg)—At least seven people have been killed and more than thirty others have been injured in heavy fighting between government soldiers and allied Hisbul Islam and al Shabaab fighters in Karan district in Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said on Thursday.
At least fifteen people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu on Wednesday afternoon and forty others were injured.
Sheik Muse Abdi Arale, the spokesman of Hisbul Islam rebel group said that they have been attacked and AMSISOM soldiers shelled in the fighting areas.
He claimed that they have taken over the control of Marina, a contested area in Karan district in Mogadishu, but there is no word from the government about his claim.
Ali Muse of Mogadishu’s emergency services said they have taken seventeen injured civilians to hospitals in Mogadishu.
Farhan Arsanyo, a military spokesman for the government claimed that they have killed foreign Jihadists on Wednesday’s fighting and pledged that they will show to the reporters in the capital.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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