February 15, 2007

One dead as mortar bombs hit Somalia's Mogadishu | International | Reuters

One dead as mortar bombs hit Somalia's Mogadishu | International | Reuters: "MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mortar bombs struck a refugee camp and residential area in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing one person and wounding at least five in the latest in a string of near-daily attacks in Somalia's capital, residents said.

Attackers also bombed the port area and a gunman opened fire in a mosque in the city where the bloodshed has forced hundreds of residents to flee as the interim government struggles to impose security after defeating Islamists in a December war.

It was not clear who carried out the attacks, but the government blames them on remnants of Islamist forces, some of whom have vowed to wage holy war since being ousted from the capital and much of the south they had controlled since June."