Monday, March 19, 2007
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Mortar fire struck four areas in the capital.
One person was killed and at least three people were wounded when a mortar round hit a restaurant near the seaport, employees and diners at the restaurant said.
"They were shouting and crying," said Ali Madey Abdalla, who was at the restaurant. "They were in shock."
Ten of the injured were taken to Mogadishu’s Keysaney hospital, Dr. Mohamed Mo’lin said. All were civilians, medics said.
Six people hit by shrapnel were taken to the Medina hospital in the capital, said Amina Mahamed, a nurse there.
Also yesterday, 18 members of a U.N. delegation arrived in the government stronghold of Baidoa, 155 miles southwest of Mogadishu.
The group and Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi discussed the possibility of sending U.N. peacekeepers to replace the African Union’s mission when its mandate ends in six months, the country’s foreign minister, Ismail Hurre, said.
Source: AP, Mar 19, 2007