Fighting in Somalia kills 250

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-24-2007 10:57

Fighting between Islamic militia and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops continues. The battles have left more than 250 people dead.

Heavy shelling and tank fire rocked Mogadishu for a sixth day in Somalia's capital. Allied Somali-Ethiopian troops killed 37 people on Monday in a campaign to wipe out Islamist rebels.

Civilians have been the main victims, and hospitals are so crowded the wounded are being treated in tents or under trees. Hundreds of residents continue to flee the capital in its biggest exodus since 1991.

An African Union force of about 1,500 Ugandan peacekeepers working with the government was also targeted by the insurgents. The UN says it believes there are about three-thousand insurgents active in Mogadishu.

Editor:Du Xiaodan