At least four people are known to have been killed and scores wounded in a renewed clan battle in the southern Somali port city of Marko, Lower Shabelle regional capital, resident said.
Saturday’s gunfight broke out at Bulo-Jan village when an armed militia attacked bases for another clan fighters in the city, sparking a deadly combat that claimed the lives of four people from both sides.
A resident, who requested not to be named, told Idale News Online by phone that the fighting raged on until Saturday evening around Bulo-Jan and other nearby areas in Marko town.
Tension remained high for the day-long as the warring militias are mobilizing to gain the control of the lucrative seaport city, which once served as one of the biggest Al shabaab in southern Somalia.
Idale News Online, Marka
