4 soldiers killed in an ambush
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Dozens of suspected Islamic insurgents ambushed a military convoy transporting bodyguards for the interior and finance ministers, killing four soldiers, police said.
In Mogadishu, a gunfight between Islamic militias and Ethiopian troops left two civilians dead, witnesses said.
The two attacks capped a week of some of the worst violence in Somalia in recent months.
At least 38 people died in three days of attacks by suspected Islamic insurgents.
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