A battle that happened during a military ceremony took the lives of 13 people when the AU and the government fought back against the activist.
Many of the people being killed are civilians. There were 16 people who were found dead after the battle that were innocents. Many of the dead were children, the young innocents.
There were 55 more hurt during the heavy artillery being dispersed in the heavly populated area by the African Union. Is being noted as the worst round of fire in months.
The shots were fired off without any definite plans. They were just shot into the area.
More people perished as roadside explosives went off near Magadishu. Another 6 people died.
It started in the afternoon with Islamist members shooting mortar rounds at the presidential palace and at the airport during a military ceremony noting the 50th anniversary of the countries national army.
The governement assisted the AU by responding with additional heavy artillery.
There were two military members killed at the airport when the auto they were in was hit by an explosion.
Many citizens and government personnel hurried to the scene to help out. Another blast went off taking the lives of 4 additional civilians.
Islamist militants have over takes much of Somalia which has been without a working government for many years.
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