At least 11 people were killed and 19 others wounded in interclan fighting in southern Somalia’s Middle Juba region, militia sources and elders said on Monday.
”The fighting, which erupted late Sunday and continued on Monday morning, was between the Shikhal against the Tuni sub-clans, and left 11 people dead and 19 wounded,” Ali Haji Ismail, a local elder in Harmka village, where the fighting took place, said.
Militia sources put the number of dead at 14, and said the fighting was sparked by a land dispute.
It was not immediately clear how many of those killed were civilians or militiamen.
Another elder Mohamed Yakub explained that most clan-based skirmishes normally involve all the people in the area of the conflict.
Somalia has been without a recognised central government since dictator Siad Barre was toppled in 1991 and clan warfare has been rampant since. — Sapa-AFP