Scores fled the fighting and streets were full of terrified old people and children. (Reuters) MOGADISHU, May 25, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies)
Clashes between gunmen allied to Islamic courts and militia loyal to a US-backed warlord alliance intensified on Thursday, May 25, killing up to 30 people.
"There are so many people dead, I saw nearly 30 dead and over 40 wounded," resident Abdifatah Abdikadir told Reuters by telephone from the Kilometre Four area in southern Mogadishu.
"People are being carried on wheelbarrows to the hospital with broken limbs and gunshot wounds. It's going from bad to worse."
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-05/25/article03.shtml
UN envoy in Somalia urges immediate halt to fighting
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18613&Cr=somalia&Cr1=
Clashes between gunmen allied to Islamic courts and militia loyal to a US-backed warlord alliance intensified on Thursday, May 25, killing up to 30 people.
"There are so many people dead, I saw nearly 30 dead and over 40 wounded," resident Abdifatah Abdikadir told Reuters by telephone from the Kilometre Four area in southern Mogadishu.
"People are being carried on wheelbarrows to the hospital with broken limbs and gunshot wounds. It's going from bad to worse."
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-05/25/article03.shtml
UN envoy in Somalia urges immediate halt to fighting
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18613&Cr=somalia&Cr1=