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Mogadishu — Heavy fighting between the transitional government of Somalia and fighters of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen has broken out in parts of the Somali capital Mogadishu, causing casualties, witnesses said on Wednesday.

Reports say that the fighting started at war zones of the rivals in Hodan district of the capital where the two forces reportedly exchanged heavy gunfire that continued for a while, killing several people, wounding many others.

Government officers whom we had contacted through the telephone claimed victory over the fighting. There had no comment from the other sides of the fighting so far.

The fighting follows other gun battle between the transitional government soldiers and Hizbul Islam fighters in parts of the same district yesterday that caused casualties of deaths and injures.

The clash between the two sides is part of the confrontations that often happen in Mogadishu and cause casualties of the civilians as the Somali people are in the holy Ramadan month which all Muslims needed to be fast.

ilahay hakala qaboojio bisha ramadan

The_Emperior5 wrote:ilahay hakala qaboojio bisha ramadan

It seems no one cares about Muqdisho these days

When ISN'T there heavy fighting in Mogadishu?

A nightmare that never ends.

May Allah guide out people in this holiest of Months. Amiin

FAH1223 wrote:When ISN'T there heavy fighting in Mogadishu?

Exactly what i thought-

FAH1223 wrote:When ISN'T there heavy fighting in Mogadishu?

Wallahi you've read my mind. I was thinkin the same thing when I opened this thread.

Its shocking to see how emptied Mogadishu has become. The whole place has been trashed. Driving around is like cruising WW2 Dreseden or Stalingrad, blocks and blocks of destroyed buildings, with no living souls except the freelance gunmen and odd dog/cat/goat. At the K-4 section, you have to cruise by carefully or risk getting shot up by the AMISOM clowns on their rooftops or not take the wrong turn and end up in New Afghanistan.

At night, its like the 4th of July as you see fireworks as AMISOM and Shabab exchange volleys. After a few days, you get used to the fireworks and thunderous claps of artillery and gunfire. It doesn't disturb you or seem out of the ordinary.

AbdiWahab252 wrote:Its shocking to see how emptied Mogadishu has become. The whole place has been trashed. Driving around is like cruising WW2 Dreseden or Stalingrad, blocks and blocks of destroyed buildings, with no living souls except the freelance gunmen and odd dog/cat/goat. At the K-4 section, you have to cruise by carefully or risk getting shot up by the AMISOM clowns on their rooftops or not take the wrong turn and end up in New Afghanistan.

At night, its like the 4th of July as you see fireworks as AMISOM and Shabab exchange volleys. After a few days, you get used to the fireworks and thunderous claps of artillery and gunfire. It doesn't disturb you or seem out of the ordinary.

its not shocking
ppl wana live 20 years is enough for some