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It was recently when AMISOM troops shelled at KM-13 village in out of Mogadishu where many
of the displaced people left their lives while the remaining others re-displaced from their cottages
in the village.
5 Civilians Killed at Displaced People's Camps Near Mogadishu
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August 11: At least five people have been killed and 18 others injured on Tuesday after AMISOM
troops launched mortars at KM 13 area in the outskirts of Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
The conflicts came after Al-Shabaab attacked AMISOM based in Madina district, the dead and
wounded people were civilians.
KM 13 is an area for the people who fled from the conflicts in the capital.
"The mortars started midnight while we were sleeping, the people shocked. Majority who were
displaced was women and children "said Ahmed Caga-weyne one of the IDPs at KM13 camps.
Maryan Ali, an IDP mother of six, which her house was burnt after mortars hit told Garowe
Online "the mortar erupted near my neighbor's houses, some of them dead and injured critically,"
She adds they slept outside of the camps.
Dr. Abdirizak Ali Elmi [Washington], one of the Al-Hayat hospital doctors at KM 15, said they
receive at midnight eight civilians who were critically injured by the mortars.
Early on Tuesday the displaced people at KM13 camps fled from their homes after AMISOM
troops shelled mortars at the camps.
Somali government and AMISOM officers refused to comment about that incident.
Mogadishu violence kills seven
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August 4: (AFP) Fighting between Somali government forces and Islamist insurgents in
Mogadishu killed seven people, shattering a week-long lull in the violence, medics and officials
said Wednesday.
Four people were killed and 26 wounded late Tuesday when the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels
attacked government troops, sparking an exchange of mortar fire, while three others were killed
in a roadside bomb blast.
"Two people, one of them a Somali government official, were killed in a roadside bomb attack
which hit a group of people performing cleaning activities in Bondhere neighbourhood," Mohamed
Abdullahi Arig, a regional spokesman, said.
"A suspected insurgent fighter who had a remote control with him was also shot by the security
forces after the explosion, which also injured eight civilians," he told AFP.
He said the explosive device was in a plastic bag concealed in a pile of rubbish and added that
the official was a junior member of the district administration.
A brief skirmish broke out late Tuesday when insurgents attacked government forces in the
Shantaged area, drawing mortar fire that caused four civilian casualties in the Shebab
stronghold of Bakara.
Revised: July 31 st , 2012
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