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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. |
| The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution imposing sanctions - assets freeze and travel ban - on anyone threatening peace in Somalia. | |
| "The prime goal of this is to provide a framework to stem the flow of arms into Somalia, which is causing such mayhem there," said John Sawers, the UN ambassador of the UK, which drafted the resolution. | |
| The resolution also mentions anyone disrupting aid deliveries. | |
| Mosque killing | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |