‘HEAVY GUNFIRE’:
Opposition leaders including a former prime minister accused security forces of attacking residences linked to them twice in less than 24 hours
AP, MOGADISHU
Somalia’s opposition supporters and security forces clashed in the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday for a second day ahead of a planned demonstration against the government.No official casualty figures were immediately available from the clashes that prompted calls for restraint from the UN and the US as the government and opposition traded blame for the violence.Residents reported heavy gunfire and explosions as fighting broke out in several neighborhoods on Wednesday.
Soldiers patrol a street in Mogadishu on Thursday.
