Somalia:Islamist infighting kills fours, aid worker shot dead.

Beledweyne- Four people have been killed and dozen others were wounded in fresh battle which erupted in Beledweyn town 300km north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Monday between rival Islamists, witnesses told Waagacusub Media – this seems to be the result of deep mistrust between the Islamists that fought before at same frontline during the war with the Ethiopian troops.
This comes day after the unknown militia armed with pistols killed Omar Sharif a local employee of CARE international in Marka town some 90km south of the capital.No group has claimed the responsibility of the killing against the aid worker as hours before gunmen kidnapped two foreign relief workers in Bakol region in southwest Somalia – an area controlled by Islamist hardliners Al-Shabab.The abducted men were Belgian and Dutch as efforts by the elders in the region continue to release the aid workers.The acts of killings and kidnappings against the relief workers still continue unsolved with these happen in Islamist controlled areas in southern Somalia.Reports say the fighting happened this morning in Howlwadag neighborhood which is in the centre of Beledweyn town, the provincial capital of Hiran region in central Somalia.Most of the dead and wounded were from the warring sides as the fighting continues with both sides using heavy weapons including artilleries.Residents began to flee the war zone. It was the worst battle since the Islamic groups recaptured the town early this year after the Ethiopian troops withdrew from there. It is not yet clear what caused the latest fighting but sources close to the rival sides say this was power struggle between the Islamists.No word was given by the Islamist rulers on the fighting in central SomaliaDahir Abdulle Alasow
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