Radical Islamic militia fighters in central Somalia shot and killed two people at the screening of a banned World Cup soccer broadcast, an independent radio station reported. The Islamic fighters, who have banned such entertainment, were dispersing a crowd of teenagers watching the Germany-Italy match.
Days after a radical cleric took charge of Somalia’s Islamic militia, a clan leader said the militia broke a ceasefire to seize a clan-held checkpoint outside the capital Mogadishu in an hour-long battle that killed six people. Tuesday’s fighting marked the first military movement since the militia signed an agreement last week to stop all military action.