(SomaliNet) The heaviest gun battle between Ethiopian forces and local insurgents since December last year is still raging in the Somalia capital as angry Somali crowds have dragged one Ethiopian soldier on the streets of Mogadishu. Witnesses told Somalinet that the dragged soldier was killed by an old man who was fighting along side the insurgents near the main industrial road where the worst fighting happened. The image of the Ethiopian soldier was also shown on Al-Jazeera TV.
On the insurgentsÂ’ side, there are number of militia members killed in the latest clashes, one resident who declined to be named told Somalinet by phone. Many crowds could be seen celebrating on the Ethiopian corpse as he was undressed, tied and then dragged by young men. The Ethiopian forces backed by tanks still continue fighting with what they believed to be remnants of the ousted Islamists. |