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Fierce gun battle rocks Mogadishu Fierce gun battle rocks Mogadishu
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At least 15 people have been killed after insurgents attacked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.At least 15 people have been killed after insurgents attacked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
Heavily armed men were repulsed after they attacked the house of district commissioner Ahmed Da'i just after dawn prayers, resident Ahmed Mumin said.Heavily armed men were repulsed after they attacked the house of district commissioner Ahmed Da'i just after dawn prayers, resident Ahmed Mumin said.
Mr D'ai confirmed the attack and said the bodies of the attackers "now littered the streets".Mr D'ai confirmed the attack and said the bodies of the attackers "now littered the streets".
The raid comes on the day Ethiopian troops are due to start leaving Somalia, under a recent peace deal.The raid comes on the day Ethiopian troops are due to start leaving Somalia, under a recent peace deal.
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says there is no sign yet that the planned Ethiopian withdrawal from Mogadishu's residential areas has begun.The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says there is no sign yet that the planned Ethiopian withdrawal from Mogadishu's residential areas has begun.
The pull-out is due to finish on 29 December, according to the UN-brokered deal between the government and some moderate Islamist groups.The pull-out is due to finish on 29 December, according to the UN-brokered deal between the government and some moderate Islamist groups.
"I have seen the dead bodies of at least 15 young men," said another resident Dahir Mohamed. Mosque killing
Meanwhile, a gunman has killed one clan elder and wounded three others in an attack inside a mosque near the northern town of Hargeisa.
Hargeisa is the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, which has been spared much of the violence of the rest of the country.
After the Mogadishu attack, another resident Dahir Mohamed said he had seen the bodies of 15 young men.
"They were unfamiliar faces in the our district, so we think they were the insurgents.""They were unfamiliar faces in the our district, so we think they were the insurgents."
The Islamists have not commented on the incident.The Islamists have not commented on the incident.
Ethiopia sent troops into Somalia two years to help the transitional government oust Islamists from Mogadishu and surrounding areas.Ethiopia sent troops into Somalia two years to help the transitional government oust Islamists from Mogadishu and surrounding areas.
But President Abdullahi Yusuf last week admitted that Islamists now control most of the southern part of the country.But President Abdullahi Yusuf last week admitted that Islamists now control most of the southern part of the country.