



15 April 2009
Nine people have been injured in clashes between government soldiers in K4 area in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said on Wednesday.
The clashes which lasted for minutes injured five civilians and four government soldiers who were involved in the fighting.
One of the government ministers, Sheik Ibrahim Hassan Adow, was passing at the time of the clashes but he was unhurt.
Residents said the circulation of the traffic and the people stopped for minutes, but the situation has returned to normalcy now.
K4 is a key area that African Union troops are deployed to keep the security of the government officials that use Makka al-Mukarama road that leads to the presidential palace.