Somali shelling kills 15, mostly disabled men
Saturday, September 12, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's government spokesman says mortars have killed at least 15 people, most of them at a home for the disabled in the capital.
Shiek Abdirisaq Qeylow said Saturday insurgents fired a barrage of mortars Friday night toward Mogadishu's port, but they landed in residential areas. Twelve people died when a shell landed on a home for former national army officers who lost limbs during 1977 war with Ethiopia, he said.
Three other civilians in other areas also were killed.
Somalia has been ravaged by violence and anarchy since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, then turned on each other. Somalia's civil war has raged for the past 18 years.
Source: AP, Sept 12, 2009
