16 killed in Somalia fighting

Fighting in Somalia's capital killed 16 people Monday and a remote-controlled land mine wounded two aid workers and killed their driver in a southern port town, officials said.

The wounded aid workers were an Italian and a Somali, said Dr. Abdi Rahman of Merka Hospital, who treated them. Their driver, a Somali, died on the way to the hospital. Rahman said they worked for the United Nations.

In the capital, Mogadishu, fighting around the city's bustling Bakara market killed 16 people, said Mohamed Hassan, who owns a stall in the market and counted the bodies. In the past, government officials have suspected insurgents use Bakara market as a base.

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