Somalia — At least 6 people have been injured after heavy shelling started in parts of Hodan district in the Somali capital Mogadishu, residents said on Sunday.

Residents said that about 25 mortar shells landed in parts of Hadan district as KPP and Sigale neighborhoods in Mogadishu where a base for armed Islamist forces against the transitional government adding that at least seven people were injured in the shelling.

An emergency traffic official said that they took seven people to the hospitals in Mogadishu as the residents started to flee from their houses to get a shelter and save their lives at the concrete buildings around the district.

There is no full details about the shelling in parts of the capital so far and it is also unclear the real figure of the casualties.

The shelling comes as there was no fighting in Hodan district neighborhoods in Mogadishu where more displaced residents returned recently.

We shall keep updating you for any further details about the fighting.

Source: All Africa