violence kills three soldiers, four civilians in Somali capital

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Aweys Osman Yusuf

Mogadishu 22, July.07 ( Sh.M.Network)- Four civilians and three government soldiers have been killed in huge explosion followed shootouts which this afternoon happened Black-Sea junction in Hodan district, south of the capital Mogadishu.

The explosion that caused by a hand grenade bomb aimed at the government soldiers passing there, witnesses told Shabelle Radio.

The explosion killed three policemen as gunshots fired by the police forces killed four civilians who were walking alongside the road.

Two the civilian dead bodies; one was a mad man and the other was a banana seller woman were still laying on the ground because of the area sealed off by the security forces.

The incident took place around 4:30 pm local time as people was hurrying to their houses before dusk.

This brings 12 people the number killed in Mogadishu violence today alone.
For the last 20 days, about 100 people have been killed in the violence raged in the volatile city of Mogadishu where insurgency acts continue to threaten the government members.