(AP) Witnesses: 12 Killed in Somalia Shelling

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Witnesses: 12 Killed in Somalia Shelling
Witnesses: 12 killed, more than40 wounded in heavy shelling in Somalia's capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 20, 2007
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN Associated Press Writer

(AP) Mortar rounds and rockets hit Somalia's capital early Tuesday in a series of attacks
that killed 12 people, including a 4-year-old boy, and wounded more than 40 others, doctors
and witnesses said.

The violence, which erupted after mortar attacks on three Ethiopian and Somali government
barracks, was among the worst since Somalia's government moved into the capital late last
year. Somali troops, with the help of soldiers from neighboring Ethiopia, drove out an
Islamic group who wanted to rule the country by the Quran.

The presidential palace and seaport also were targeted in attacks. Ethiopian troops returned
fire with artillery and heavy machine-gun fire throughout the night.

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Doctors at two of Mogadishu's main hospitals said 42 injured people were hospitalized
overnight, seven of them were children. Five were treated early Tuesday.

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Full article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/20/ap/world/mainD8NDBRT00.shtml

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1. 4 'Swedes' held in Somalia

Foreign Ministry: 4 'Swedes' held in Somalia
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) -- Four "Swedes" have been arrested in Somalia on suspicion of possibly having fought alongside Islamic militants, the Swedish Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday.

"Four Swedes have been arrested in connection with the unrest in Somalia," Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Andre Mkandawire told CNN.

Three of the four were Swedish citizens, while the fourth had permanent residency status, said Mkandawire. "But all four are being treated equally as Swedes."

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