By SPA,
Mogadishu : Artillery battles between allied Somali-Ethiopian troops and insurgents killed at
least 12 people on Sunday around Mogadishu’s sprawling Bakara Market, Reuters reported.
One witness said at least 20 mortar bombs exploded in the heart of Somalia’s coastal capital as the rebels attacked advancing Ethiopian forces with barrages of rockets.
“Ethiopian and government soldiers wanted to raid Bakara this morning but the insurgents confronted them, firing rockets,” shopkeeper Ali Osman told Reuters by telephone.