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Violence returned to Mogadishu, where government forces are fighting to give the radical Islamist groups. The clashes are confined to three districts but has already aljazeera 1 caused fifteen deaths. A journalist is among the victims.
The comparison covers Tarbunka, Bakara and Howlwadag, south of the Somali capital. Apparently the soldiers are retreating from positions taken by daybreak. "Government forces are withdrawing from the area and I can see the bodies of the soldiers in my street," said one resident, Faisal Hashi. An AFP reporter saw turn the lifeless bodies of two civilians caught aljazeera 1 in the crossfire. The slain journalist working for Radio Shabelle. Returning from coverage when it was hit with several shots to the chest. But the shooting was so big it could not be removed immediately protested the association Somali journalists. Among the civilian population there injured - eight, according to the agencies. All also hit by bullets. Early morning and the first statement on the clashes, a spokesman of the army said that troops had occupied three blocks. But with the passage of time the situation was reversed in favor of the Islamists. The military however said it will try to recover the lost positions. "The Government aljazeera 1 will untangle itself [Islamists] and the fighting will continue aljazeera 1 until that happens," he said. But a source said the attack information of the "enemies of Allah" was a lie. The new outbreak aljazeera 1 began fighting on the 7th, when radical groups launched a large-scale offensive aimed at expelling the power President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the moderate Islamist elected in January. Witnesses aljazeera 1 said two days have seen heavily armed Ethiopian contingent cross the border at a point not distará more than 300 kilometers from Mogadishu, who have fled the city of 46 000 inhabitants.
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