Mortars fired at Ethiopian military base in north of Mogadishu

Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 27, Jan.07 ( Sh.M.Network)

Huge explosions occurred in El-arfid, a settlement on the edge of north of the capital Mogadishu, on Friday night.
Unknown assailants have targeted the Ethiopian military barracks that lie between El-arfid and Darmoley, settlements, about 10 km south of the capital. The noisy mortar explosions could be heard in Mogadishu overnight.
Artillery explosions aimed at the government and Ethiopian military positions in and around the capital have risen since the government settled Mogadishu late December last year.
The Somali government said more then 3,000 remnants of Islamists are in Mogadishu alone.
The number of casualties is yet to be known.
Meanwhile gunmen riding in a casual car have shot dead unidentified man in Mogadishu Deyniile district. Witnesses told Shabelle that the gunmen put the victim in the back car trunk and speedily drove away after they shot him dead.
At least three people were assassinated separately in Mogadishu in the past two nights. Residents in the capital voice great anxieties over the increase of picking civilians from their homes and having them shot dead by unknown gunmen.
The frequent attacks against the Ethiopian troops came as they began withdrawing form Somalia.
Many people doubt if the Somali government troops that could only flex their muscles with the help o the Ethiopian forces would be able to fill in the security vacuum in the country, the volatile city of Mogadishu in particular.
Ali Saed, the commander of the police force for Banadir (Mogadishu) province, has told Shabelle on Saturday that they knew the perpetrators who were to blame for last night mortar attacks against the Ethiopians and that the police would truck them down.
Shabelle Media Network