Shelling shakes Somali capital for fourth day

Mogadishu, Apr 1: Mortar rounds crashed into central Mogadishu today in a fourth day of battles between Islamist insurgents and allied Ethiopian and Somali government troops that has killed scores of civilians.

Residents living near the main soccer stadium said shells fired from the south of the capital started striking around 1205 hrs, spreading panic as fighting resumed that aid workers have called the city's worst in more than 15 years.

Reuters