Armed insurgents have seized two of the main Ethiopian bases in the north of Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing more than fifty soldiers. More than a hundred soldiers were also wounded during the attack, a Press TV correspondent reported on Wednesday. The Ethiopian soldiers who escaped their bases surrounded a nearby area, Yashiid, taking the residents hostage and threatening to slaughter all the 800 residents unless the rebels let them leave the area safe. One of Yashiid residence said that Ethiopian soldiers had already killed more that 40 civilians in the area.
Reinforcement troops headed north to back the Ethiopian soldiers, but they could not manage to enter the area and returned to southern Mogadishu. AU peace keeping officials were not immediately available for comments on whether there were any solutions to save the civilians in Yashiid area. |