Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence

By SPA,

Mogadsihu : Eight more people died in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, residents said, bringing the death toll in Mogadishu from two days of violence to 16.


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The rubble-strewn city had been relatively peaceful this week during tentative U.N. peace talks in Djibouti between the interim government and opposition figures based in Eritrea, Reuters reported.

But the calm was shattered on Friday when at least eight people were killed, and locals said eight more died on Saturday.

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