Somalia: 14 people killed in south Somalia

(SomaliNet) At least 14 people including many civilians were killed Monday in parts of southern Somalia, Radio Garowe reported.

According to media reports, at least 8 people died in the Somali capital Mogadishu after suspected insurgents attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base, sparking a deadly gunfight.

Bahoku Barigye, AMISOM spokesman confirmed to reporters that two peacekeepers were wounded when an “explosive device” targeted their vehicle.

An AU military plane landed at Somalia’s Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport, with AU peacekeepers saying the plane delivered fresh soldiers from Burundi to reinforce AMISOM forces in Somalia.

Contacts at Medina Hospital told Radio Garowe that at least 23 wounded civilians were admitted for treatment today, after insurgents and AU peacekeepers exchanged artillery.
Al Shabaab, an Islamist insurgent group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Separately, Mogadishu\'s Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Hassan Addow said local police killed two insurgents in a short skirmish after they launched mortars towards the airport, where the AU plane landed and a commercial airliner carrying civilian passengers flew out safely. -Garowe Online