Source: Missionary International Service News Agency (MISNA)

At least 10 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed after an Ethiopian a Woyanne attack in a northeastern quarter of Mogadishu.

Witnesses said that 12 other people were wounded after a mortar shell exploded near a group of 40 civilians that were looking for refuge behind the home.

Last night the nearby military base in Hurwa quarter was attacked. Today’s victims add to the nine from night in Mogadishu as fighting continued between armed militias and Ethiopian Woyanne troops, backing the Somali transition government, which has been often denounced by human rights groups and by Somalis themselves of carrying out veritable reprisals against the population.