(PressTV) Insurgents armed with machine guns and grenades have attacked a Ugandan base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu and caused serious damages.

Insurgents have attacked Ugandan troops early on Saturday in Mogadishu and briefly entered their base and caused sever damages.

The overnight raid on Ugandan troops in Mogadishu’s K-4 neighborhood led to hours of battle, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.

Showing increasing boldness, some rebels infiltrated the Ugandan base at the strategic K4 junction in the latest attack.

In further violence, the Ethiopian Woyanne troops were mercilessly beating and killing civilians in some parts of south Mogadishu, some eyewitnesses told the press TV.

In Mogadishu, Ethiopian Woyanne and government troops have been conducting a door-to-door search for the insurgents in the capital over the past week, sparking deadly clashes.

Ethiopian Woyanne forces backed by the US fought alongside the Somali government last year to oust the Islamic Courts Union that briefly controlled large parts of the African country.

About 1,600 Ugandan soldiers have been in Mogadishu since March to support a fragile interim government backed by the West and Ethiopia Woyanne.