Mogadishu's Madina hospital is being swamped by wounded civilians, five of whom have died in hospital, after fighting broke out between Islamist insurgents and Somali government troops on Tuesday.
| How can fighting break out when they're fighting all up and down the countryside? |
Residents say at least 11 people died when mortar shells hit a house in the south of the city. Two rebels and a government soldier were killed in fighting near Bakara Market. Two Australian Army soldiers were also wounded when they stopped a suicide bomber from ramming a truck laden with explosives into their base.
| Let us wish they heal well and speedily. |
Rebels from the al Shabaab group exchanged gun fire and artillery shelling with government troops and peacekeeping troops in a wave of fighting that has rocked the East African nation.
Scores were wounded in the latest clashes according to the deputy head of Madina hospital. |