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Armed insurgents have seized two
of the main Ethiopian bases in the north of Somali capital,
Mogadishu, killing more than fifty soldiers.
More than a hundred soldiers were also wounded during the
attack, a Press TV correspondent reported on Wednesday.
The Ethiopian soldiers who escaped their bases surrounded a
nearby area, Yashiid, taking the residents hostage and
threatening to slaughter all the 800 residents unless the rebels
let them leave the area safe.
One of Yashiid residence said that Ethiopian soldiers had
already killed more that 40 civilians in the area.
Reinforcement troops headed north to back the Ethiopian
soldiers, but they could not manage to enter the area and
returned to southern Mogadishu.
AU peace keeping officials were not immediately available for
comments on whether there were any solutions to save the
civilians in Yashiid area.
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