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Somalia: Ethiopians continue to kill civilians in Mogadishu Fri. December 14, 2007 08:25 am.- By Mohamed Abdi Farah. - (SomaliNet) The Ethiopian forces in Somalia’s war torn city of Mogadishu on Friday have shot dead a mother and her son in Yaqshid neighborhood, north of the capital, witnesses said. The mother and her son were killed by the Ethiopians as they wanted to leave their home day after they got trap in the yesterday’s gun battle between the Ethiopian soldiers and the insurgent groups. “what I saw was that both of them were sniper shot by the Ethiopian soldiers in Jungal locality, the Ethiopians were in fact keeping an eye on any human movement in area and they seemed to kill any one who moves in the village,” said Mohamed Tifow, a local resident. It is yet known why the Ethiopian forces are targeting the civilians but some report say they are killing some people for suspicion as long as there is no sign they differentiate civilians from the militants. According to the local sources, there are still more civilians who trapped inside their homes, those who scarred to be shot if they get out of their houses. In December 2, the Ethiopian troops near former dairy factory in south of the Somalia capital Mogadishu shot dead two civilians. Ethiopia sent thousands of its troops in Somalia to protect the transitional federal government and ousted the Islamic Courts Union late December 2006. News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...