소말리아 인권단체 엘만인권기구는 수도 모가디슈에서 회교 저항세력들과 에티오피아군간에 벌어진 격전으로 적어도 52명이 사망했다고 밝혔습니다.
엘만인권기구의 수단 알리 아메드 의장은 21일 이로써 지난 18일 전투가 벌어진 후 지금까지 사망자수가 모두 165명으로 늘어났다고 밝혔습니다.
이 단체는 이같은 사망자수가 병원과 인권단체 요원들과의 인터뷰를 통해 나온 수치라고 말했습니다.
이 단체는 양측이 즉각 아무 조건없이 전투를 중지할 것을 촉구했습니다.
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A Somali human rights group says at least 52 people have been killed in heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian forces in the capital, Mogadishu.
The chairman of the Elman Human Rights Organization (Sudan Ali Ahmed) tells reporters today's (Saturday's) casualties bring the death toll to 165 since the latest round of fighting broke out Wednesday. The human rights group says it gathered its figures from interviews with hospital and humanitarian workers.
The group is calling on both sides to stop fighting immediately and without precondition.
Witnesses say the capital has been the scene of intense shelling today. They say that several people were killed when shells hit a residential area in the Bakara district.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Friday for more world support for African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. He also asked the Security Council to consider whether U.N. troops are needed in Somalia.