Heavy fighting between insurgents and Somali government troops around Mogadishu’s Bakara market overnight killed at least two civilians, a witness said on Sept. 19. In the worst violence since the formation of a new opposition alliance, suspected insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic gunfire into the Mogadishu slum at the center of the city near where government troops are garrisoned. (Reuters)
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