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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Heavy shelling and gunfire in Mogadishu killed three people and wounded about 30 Saturday in the battle between government and rebel forces for Somalia’s capital, witnesses said.
It was the second day of an offensive by the U.N.-backed government trying to regain neighborhoods won by the Islamic insurgents in recent weeks.
Resident Abdul Khadir Hassan Hussein said two men and a women were killed in Saturday’s bombardment in southern areas of Mogadishu. A human-rights group said 53 people were killed in the capital Friday and 181 wounded.
