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Somali opposition fighters hold parts of capital China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-28 09:44 Civilians flee following gunfire between factions within Somali security forces in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday. FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
MOGADISHU, Somalia－Heavily armed Somali opposition fighters held positions in parts of Mogadishu on Monday, in the country s worst political violence in years.
Fighters used mounds of earth to barricade roads, while armed men and vehicles mounted with machine guns were stationed in opposition strongholds after the fighting that left three dead. Both the Somali security forces and the pro-opposition fighters have taken positions along some key roads, said witness Abdullahi Mire.
Somalia s president drops bid for extended term after chaos
HASSAN BARISE, Associated Press
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1of9A Somali family with their belongings wait as civilians flee following gunfire between factions within Somalia s security forces near KM4 in Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday April 27, 2021. Soldiers angry over the president’s extended stay in power have taken up key positions across Somalia’s tense capital on Monday, but there is none of the gunfire that shattered the previous night in Mogadishu. .Farah Abdi Warsameh/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9Civilians flee following gunfire between factions within Somalia s security forces near KM4 in Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday April 27, 2021. Soldiers angry over the president’s extended stay in power have taken up key positions across Somalia’s tense capital on Monday, but there is none of the gunfire that shattered the previous night in Mogadishu. .Farah Abdi Warsameh/APShow M
Car bomb kills 10 in Somali capital 1 minute read
Mogadishu, Apr 28 (EFE).- At least 10 people were killed Wednesday in a car-bomb attack on a police garrison in Mogadishu, a member of the Somali security forces told Efe.
“The car crashed into the main entrance of the compound and exploded, killing 10 people, including seven policemen and three civilians,” police officer Suleiman Nur said from the scene.
Thirteen others were injured, he added.
Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast, which came hours after the car’s driver tried unsuccessfully to enter the police compound, located near the busy Ex-Control Junction.
The attack came on the same day that the United Nations acting humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said that clashes between supporters of different political factions had forced between 60,000 and 100,000 people to flee their homes in the Somali capital.
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28 April, 2021, 8:03 pm
Residents flee following renewed clashes between rival factions in the security forces, who have split in a dispute over an extension to the president s term in Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister denounced a proposed extension of the president’s term on Tuesday, piling pressure on President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to hold elections as rival factions in the security forces drew up battle lines in the capital.
The heads of two regional states who had been staunch allies of the president also rejected the proposed two-year extension of Mohamed’s term.