BELEDWEYNE (Mareeg) –At least five people have been killed and seven others have been injured in fierce fighting between rival Islamist groups in Beldedweyne town in central Somalia, witnesses said on Tuesday.
Three children are among those who were wounded in the clashes between Hizbul Islam and al Shabaab of one side and Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a.
The fighting started on Monday evening in Elgal village about 15 km north of the town but it escalated in the town early on Tuesday.
Combatants from the warring sides ware also included those who died on Tuesday’s fighting. A mortar injured the children after it landed on their house.
Residents say the fighting has died down, but the situation in the town was still tense as the rival groups were regrouping.
The fighting enters the fourth day and more civilians have fled from the town in fear for their lives.
Source:mareeg.com/
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