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Mogadishu: Clashes between Somali-Ethiopian troops and Islamist rebels left at least 12 people dead on Sunday, witnesses said.
At least 20 mortar bombs exploded in Somalia’s Bakara Market as rebels attacked Ethiopian forces.
"Ethiopian and government soldiers wanted to raid Bakara this morning but the insurgents confronted them, firing rockets," shopkeeper Ali Osman said.
“The troops responded by pounding the market with mortar shells...one blast killed nine people, including two children and four women, in the market," Osman said.
Three other civilians were also killed when a shell detonated near a Bakara bank.
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