Militia Clash Kills 23 Day After Peace Deal
From Times Wire Reports
Rival militias fought a fierce battle over the deaths of fellow clansmen in central Somalia, leaving 23 people dead and 40 wounded just one day after peace was brokered, officials and witnesses said.
Using heavy weapons mounted on 10 pickup trucks, more than 300 militiamen from the Saad and Dir clans fought Wednesday in the Golol Valley, 435 miles northeast of Mogadishu, the capital, residents who fled said.
The fighting followed a peace deal reached between the clans for control of Gellinsor village, 170 miles northwest of Mogadishu.
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