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| Two interim government administrators have become the latest victims of insurgent attacks in Somalia's capital. | Two interim government administrators have become the latest victims of insurgent attacks in Somalia's capital. |
| Unknown gunmen shot and killed the two men officials in Mogadishu in separate incidents on Wednesday. Police are investigating the killings. | |
| Dozens have been killed by insurgents since Ethiopia-backed government forces defeated the Islamists two months ago. | Dozens have been killed by insurgents since Ethiopia-backed government forces defeated the Islamists two months ago. |
| On Thursday, fresh heavy fighting was reported at the airport and was thought to be targeting Ethiopian troops there. | |
| One person is reported to have been killed in the attack, where local militia are said to have returned fire with machine guns and rifles. | |
| According to an eyewitness, more than 20 unknown gunmen started firing mortars into the airport compound. | |
| Dozens of people living in the area around the airport were reported to be trying to escape the continuing fire-fight. | |
| The interim government says some 3,500 Islamists are left in Mogadishu, whom it accuses of leading insurgent attacks. | |
| Some Islamists vowed to start a guerrilla war after they were driven out of the capital in December. | Some Islamists vowed to start a guerrilla war after they were driven out of the capital in December. |
| But after 16 years without an effective government, Mogadishu is awash with weapons. | But after 16 years without an effective government, Mogadishu is awash with weapons. |
| AU suicide threat | |
| On the shootings of the two officials, Mogadishu Mayor Hussein Adde Gabow said police were investigating the killings, but it was not clear if they were related. | |
| "District Commissioner of Yaqshiid in North Mogadishu Muhyadin Hassan was shot dead and minutes later the deputy district commissioner of Wadajir, Abdi Omar Gogooye, was shot in the south-west of the city," Mayor Gabow told the AFP news agency. | "District Commissioner of Yaqshiid in North Mogadishu Muhyadin Hassan was shot dead and minutes later the deputy district commissioner of Wadajir, Abdi Omar Gogooye, was shot in the south-west of the city," Mayor Gabow told the AFP news agency. |
| The African Union is finalising plans to deploy the first battalion of peacekeepers into Mogadishu after the United Nations Security Council sanctioned the move this week. | The African Union is finalising plans to deploy the first battalion of peacekeepers into Mogadishu after the United Nations Security Council sanctioned the move this week. |
| Some 4,000 soldiers from Uganda, Nigeria, Malawi, Ghana and Burundi are ready to replace Ethiopian troops who have started to withdraw. | Some 4,000 soldiers from Uganda, Nigeria, Malawi, Ghana and Burundi are ready to replace Ethiopian troops who have started to withdraw. |
| But an insurgent group calling itself the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of Two Migrations threatened any AU troops, in a warning posted on a website that was associated with the ousted Islamists. | But an insurgent group calling itself the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of Two Migrations threatened any AU troops, in a warning posted on a website that was associated with the ousted Islamists. |
| "We promise we shall welcome them with bullets from heavy guns, exploding cars, and young men eager to carry out suicide attacks against these colonial forces," the message said. | "We promise we shall welcome them with bullets from heavy guns, exploding cars, and young men eager to carry out suicide attacks against these colonial forces," the message said. |