Clashes Between Troops and Militia Leave 15 Dead
Fighting between government troops and a militia loyal to a Mogadishu faction leader has left at least 15 people dead and more than 20 injured in two days, hospital officials said.
Fighting began Friday when a militia loyal to Muse Sudi Yalahow attacked a military training camp and looted assault rifles, said Dahir Dayah, interior minister of the transitional government struggling to assert itself in Mogadishu, the capital.
Yalahow said the fighting was triggered when government forces attacked his senior officials.
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