Mortar shell kills 14 at Mogadishu mosque: witnesses

By: Our Staff Reporter | May 10, 2009, 7:49 pm |
A mortar shell hit a mosque in Somalia's capital on Sunday killing some 14 people and raising the toll from days of clashes between Islamist militants and government forces to 39, witnesses said. "The mortar shell struck at the gate of the mosque. I counted about 14 people who died instantly and 10 others were wounded," Hassan Abdifatah, a worshipper at the mosque in southern Mogadishu, told a foreign news agency. Several other witnesses confirmed the attack. "I was inside the mosque when I heard a heavy explosion and shrapnel was flying everywhere killing many people," Mumin Haji Yusuf, another worshiper said.

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