Police said Monday that three people two police officers and one opposition soldier were killed in the skirmishes as the warring sides barricaded roads and guarded their territory with trucks mounted with machine guns.
Tensions remained high Tuesday as civilians in some Mogadishu districts began evacuating their homes, piling their belongings into rickshaws or donkey carts ahead of feared return to violence.
“This is a horrible situation Mogadishu is facing today. People are fleeing their houses because of this increased military tension”, said
Said Ali, a witness.
‘Fear for our lives’
Residents in Siigaale, a neighborhood in southern Mogadishu, said opposition reinforcements arrived overnight and had taken up positions not far from government troops.
توتر في العاصمة الصومالية بين الحكومة والمعارضة
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توتر في مقديشو بين الحكومة والمعارضة والسكان يفرون من أحياء العاصمة الصومالية
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В Минске милиция задержала 12 человек в «антиковидных» костюмах: они поздравляли подругу с днем рождения
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